plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
book; volume; this; present; main; head
library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
distance; interval; gap; difference; estrangement
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
to have one's heart stop beating; to be shocked; to be staggered
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
thicket; coppice; brushwood
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
for your information; I'm telling you
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
street at night; making a night journey
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
to be tormented (by dreams); to have a nightmare
pinch; crisis; tough spot; clothespin
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
to follow in order; to go through step-by-step
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
wind direction; situation; way things are going; mood; temper
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
it's no joke; gimme a break!
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
sister (sibling); (Catholic) sister; sister (female partner in a homosexual relationship)