to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately
to take the middle (between the two); to split the difference
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)
following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
point in common; common feature
one end; an end; part; fragment
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
control; management (e.g. of a business)
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
without authority; without reason; unnecessarily; recklessly; indiscriminately
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
clearing one's throat; cough
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be clear-headed; to be alert; to look upbeat; to be perky; to master (a skill)
switching off (e.g. electricity); turning off (e.g. water); off-season; offset; off-road; off-line; off (the price)
back light; backlight; backlite; backup light
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
looking someone in the eyes; taking a straight look at something
halo; aureole; aureola; halo (optical phenomenon); glory
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
to bend one's head slightly to one side; to look slightly doubtful
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
this and that; one thing and another
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
waste of time; killing time
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?