thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
one's own discretion (idea, responsibility)
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
wherein; therein; thereinto
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
every evening; every night
somehow; for some reason or other
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
in tatters; in pieces; wiped out
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
library (usu. single-room); small library
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
suddenly; abruptly; deliberately; slowly; gently
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage