competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
domination of the world; world hegemony; world domination
mechanical pencil; automatic pencil
leader of a female gang; leader of a group of delinquent girls
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy
to surge; to well up; to gush out
leaving something as it is (after taking it out or turning it on)
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
side effect; adverse reaction
tacit understanding; unspoken agreement
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
irrigation channel; irrigation ditch; irrigation canal; flume
to finish reading; to read through
to be curious; to wonder; to marvel
reality; actuality; actual conditions; ultimate reality; absolute truth
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
bye-bye; good-bye; see you; saying goodbye; parting
crossing; traversing; traversing horizontally; passing west to east (or east to west); cutting horizontally
being about to cry; the verge of tears
to be away from home; to be out of the house
return of something; repayment
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
linkage; entanglement; involvement; relationship; interaction
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
long telephone conversation; being on the phone for a long time
city library; municipal library; public library
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
divergence; ramification; bifurcation; branching off
examination of tickets; ticket gate; ticket barrier
(mutual) understanding; communication; passing without obstruction
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
counter for books; volume