to ascertain; to check; to make sure
one's way back; one's way home
to volunteer; to undertake a challenge
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
conversion (e.g. yen to dollars); change; exchange; translation (numerical)
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
Minister of Finance; Treasurer
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
shopping; purchased goods
internal combustion engine
freebie (e.g. with a purchase); something additional; price reduction; discount; exaggeration
great difference; big difference; wide margin
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission
too much; excessively; too
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
sluice gate; water gate; flood gate
opening and shutting; opening and closing
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
person with a lot of experience; old hand; veteran (in a particular field)
direction of movement (motion); direction of travel (esp. train)
turning sideways; landscape orientation
to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
barrier wall; bulkhead; partition; septum; diaphragm
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR
forming a circle; circular formation (orig. in battle); huddle; ring
power; motive power; dynamic force; three-phase electricity
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say