examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
(school) subject; curriculum; course; item; heading; entry
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
large hole; big deficit; heavy losses; long-shot win (in horse racing, etc.); big winnings (on a long shot)
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
fixed period; fixed term; regular; periodic; fixed-term commuter pass; fixed-term deposit
examination; consideration; test; quiz
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
to revere; to respect; to worship
sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
fundamental academic skills; expected basic knowledge (of a subject)
lord of a manor; estate steward
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
(in) dire straits; (in a) serious bind; (in a) big pinch
to lie down; to throw oneself down
to be postponed; to be deferred; to be delayed
devastating; catastrophic; crushing
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
marks; points; score; number of items; number of articles
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
slumping; flopping down; heavily rotating
to turn over (in one's sleep); to toss and turn (in bed); to change sides; to double-cross; to betray
sleepiness; drowsiness; the sandman; Morpheus
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
leaving something where it is; abandoning something
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
innermost depths of one's heart
solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy
(opening of) a wound; (mouth of a) wound; cut
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out