advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde; forward (player)
perfect; ideal; completely satisfactory; leaving nothing to be desired; faultless; impeccable
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
pussy (i.e. female genitals); sexual intercourse
panic; scare; alarm; panic; financial panic
one foot; one leg; one of a pair (of shoes or socks)
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
raid; RAID; redundant array of independent disks
war; battle; match; game; competition
to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with
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
to need; to demand; to take; to require
comparatively; relatively
introduction; presentation; referral; showcase (of a product)
wasteland; wilderness; abandoned land; devastated land
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
even more; still more; one layer; lowest floor (of a building); rather; sooner
to be prominent; to be conspicuous; to stand out; to be outstanding; to be remarkable; to be striking
half a loaf is better than none; (lit.) even a dead tree adds to the interest of a mountain
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
divergence; ramification; bifurcation; branching off
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
another; one more; even more; (not) quite; (not) very
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
silver; silver colour; (fig.) snow
pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt