root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
drama; play; powerful drug
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
theatre-going; theater-going
imagination; supposition; guess
memories; recollections; reminiscence
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
solitude; loneliness; isolation
parent; parents; dealer; banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
heir; inheritor; successor
puppet; marionette; puppet (person, organization, government, etc.); figurehead; (arch.) prostitute
doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
(home) tutor; private tutor; private teacher
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
subject; theme; homework; assignment; problem (that needs solving); task
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
chance; opportunity; occasion
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
baron; Irish cobbler (variety of potato)
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
irritation; annoyance; frustration
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
person with whom to speak; someone to talk to; companion; advisor; adviser
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
mental; spiritual; emotional
to struggle in the water; to be drowning; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher