meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
progress; advance; improvement; development
(very) unusual; unconventional; eccentric; novel; original; striking
to slide; to glide; to slip; to skid; to be slippery; to fail (an examination); to lose (a position)
almost completely empty; virtually empty; inadequately defended; undefended; unguarded
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker
judgement; judgment; refereeing; umpiring; judgement (of God); referee
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
to accept one's inferiority; to take one's hat off to someone; to give up; to surrender; to strike one's colors
to go through (e.g. a wall); to penetrate; to punch (a hole, pattern, etc.); to stamp out (e.g. a coin); to remove (partitions between rooms); to join (multiple rooms) into one
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
idle thoughts; worldly thoughts
outside ...; beyond ...; not included in ...
regarding ...; concerning ...; about ...; on ...; with respect to ...; in regard to ...
equilibrium; good balance; poise
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
honour; honor; dignity; prestige; reputation; appearances
to shut in; to confine (in); to seal in; to contain; to suppress; to restrain
to bump into; to run into; to encounter; to meet with; to clash (of opinions, people, etc.); to conflict
to feel giddy; to totter; to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver; to wander aimlessly; to loiter
thick (of a liquid); muddy; gooey
to paint; to spread; to plaster; to apply (cream, lotion); to smear; to lacquer
fear; horror; risk; danger; awe; reverence
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
grip (of hand); grip strength
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
to give up (all thoughts of); to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to make a decision; to decide
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
rude person; insolent person
punishment; judgement; judgment; decapitation
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at); to be intimidated; to feel daunted
to appear; to start to appear; to show signs of appearing
riches and honours (honors); wealth and rank
(way of) life; lifestyle; living; life circumstances; livelihood; day-to-day life
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only