stopgap; makeshift; temporary measure
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
to subsist; to keep on living
to have a family (e.g. wife or husband and children); to raise a family
older sister and younger brother
noted family; noble family; prestigious school, organization, business, etc.
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
cares; ill feeling; reserve
no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as
to miss each other; to cross (in the post); to go astray; to go wrong
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
to turn up (hem, sleeves, etc.); to fold back (e.g. page); to turn back; to double back; to loopback (a signal, message, etc.)
to cross (each other); to pass (each other); to miss (meeting) each other; to pass each other by; to have a misunderstanding; to go awry
one person; one customer; unmarried and childless older woman
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
store interior; inside of a shop
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
catalog; catalogue; inventory; menu
float; raft; float (beverage with ice cream on top); float (finance)
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
even so; anyhow; at any rate
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
naturally; not surprisingly; it should be appreciated that; understandably; as a matter of course; as is obvious
feigning ignorance; acting dumb
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
to compete with; to vie for
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
to forget to say; to forget to mention
to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)