middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
competition rate; success rate; ratio of successful (applicants) to total applicants
flying; false start; doing something before the scheduled time or date; breaking the street date
race (of people); type of person
return to one's country; return to one's hometown
established fact; fait accompli
to have a meal; to take a meal
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
accompanying (someone); going with; travelling together; the same bank; the said bank
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
English conversation; school for English conversation
commencing with; including
brothers and sisters; siblings; half-siblings; step-siblings; mate; friend
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
guinea pig (Cavia porcellus); subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig
revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out
Sunday; nth day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
early morning; early hours; early in the morning
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
(verbal) message; sending word; (arch.) excuse; (arch.) pretext
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
total destruction; complete destruction; annihilation; total defeat; complete failure
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
correction; revision; amendment
manners; courtesy; etiquette
the way one talks; one's way of speaking
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
eye color; eye colour; expression (of the eyes); look; countenance
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
world; society; people; the public
to spread (e.g. a rumor); to circulate; to disseminate
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic