shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
stealthily; secretly; in secret
running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
to look into; to peep into; to peer into
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
as much as one can; as much as possible
for the present; for the time being
to change (e.g. a bill); to transfer (e.g. money); to switch over; to move over
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
change of schedule; schedule change
at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of
withdrawal (of money); payment; contribution; investment; financing
principal; capital; income-producing assets
gross profit; gross margin
steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy
4th day of the month; four days
important point; emphasis; iteration mark; colon (punctuation)
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
main purpose; chief aim; focus; main point; gist; essence
server; (cake) server; (water) dispenser; server (tennis, volleyball, etc.)
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
temperature increase; rise in temperature
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
power outage; power failure; power cut; blackout
leased line; private circuit; private line
charging (a fee); billing; charge; paying for virtual goods or premium features (in a video game, on a social networking service, etc.); microtransaction
free (of charge); gratuitous
course (e.g. of lectures); academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)
start of a course; start of lectures; opening of a new course; offering a course (for the first time)
thorough; exhaustive; complete
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
setting a question (for an exam, quiz, etc.); setting a theme (for composition of poetry)
taking a lecture; attending a class; taking a course