deputy head teacher; vice principal
baldness; bald head; bald person; baldy; idiot; moron
personal use; private use; private business; personal business
magic; Magic Marker; felt-tip pen; magic number
not at all; don't worry about it; forget about it
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
to be unable to do; to find something difficult to do
being preoccupied with; being obsessed; only thinking of; having only ... on one's mind
to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)
to stab; to thrust (into); to plant (in the ground); to stick upright
to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to be near (a certain age)
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
(rubbing, twisting) hard; with a squeal; with a creak; (drinking) in one sweep
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
to go through the proper procedures; to follow the required steps
itching to do something; impatient; sorely tempted; eager
starting point; origin; origin (of coordinate axes); datum point
return (to); revolution; recurrence; regression
being still half asleep; being half awake; being not yet quite awake
(not) ever; (not) at all; (not) on any account; deepest bottom of the earth
small present; trifling gift; gift given out by companies to customers as a token of gratitude; marketing incentive; (arch.) inferior goods; (arch.) low-quality article
tip of the hand; (use of) one's hands; cheap trick; superficial wit; cheap; makeshift (e.g. measures)
middle-distance (races); intermediate-range (missile)
common sense; common knowledge; common understanding
weight; body weight; importance; weight; emphasis
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
disturbance; perturbation; derangement
fall; crash (e.g. aircraft)
advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde (e.g. music)
offensive camp; team at bat
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
secret technique; secret art
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
hang in there; go for it; keep at it; do your best
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
most difficult; next to impossible