agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
branch office; branch store
just you wait and see (as a threat)
lead; leading; lead (of a newspaper, etc.); lede; lead (wire); lead (e.g. dog); leash
to pass; to overtake; to leave behind; to pull out; to extract; to remove
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to think of; to come up with
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
to cave in; to become depressed; to sink
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind
(wrestling) ring; forum (e.g. for discussion); sandbag; gabion
awesome; awe-inspiring; august; discourteous (to a superior); lacking due respect
to curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
very; much; greatly; a lot of
sympathy; empathy; response
leaving one's own house (e.g. when going to war); departure; setting out; starting a new life; starting life anew
soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
to work without sleep or rest
advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde (e.g. music)
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
in the background; not standing out
person of common sense; common sense man
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
both are bad; neither is good; one's as bad as the other; both are to blame; six of one, half a dozen of the other
having very little difference between one another; being much of a muchness; being more or less the same; pointless competition (between two equally unimpressive parties); pissing contest
wicked tongue; abusive language
deeply (stab, thrust, etc.); hard
rustic simplicity; homeliness; unsophisticated; naive; honest; simple
event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening
normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
often; frequently; lightly (of a movement); easily; simply