guard; sentinel; garrison
worker; (manual) laborer; labourer; blue-collar worker
middle period; medium-term
permission; approval; authorization; license
good offices; kind offices; services; mediation; intercession; conciliation
receptionist; reception woman
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)
section (e.g. in a newspaper); column; field (in a form, web page, etc.); blank; handrail; railing
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
head; chief; boss; leader
microelectronics; Middle East; Middle English; ME; macroengineering; medical electronics; medical engineering
magic tool (in fiction); magical item
basics; fundamentals; basis; basically; fundamentally
utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus
finding employment; getting a job
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
way (of doing); manner; method; means
proportion; proportional representation section (of an election)
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
average; mean; balance; equilibrium
result; consequence; consequently; as a result; as a result of; following
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
little power; little influence; (one's) poor ability; limited ability; what little one can do
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
labor; labour; work; Labour Party
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
scene; spectacle; sight; view
to turn pale; to lose color; to lose colour
to be at a loss; to be puzzled