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
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
sluice gate; water gate; flood gate
opening and shutting; opening and closing
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)
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")
forming a circle; circular formation (orig. in battle); huddle; ring
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
use; utility; profit; gain
manufactured goods; finished goods; product
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
affectation; showiness; pretence
antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis
national traits or character; nationality
real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
acceleration; speeding up
meandering; snaking; zigzagging
rest; break; recess; intermission
craving for the limelight
successive generations; successive emperors