walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
(nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive; proper place to die; dilemma; predicament
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
complete lie; outright lie
enterprise; business; company; corporation
joining a company; getting a job with a company; entering a company
wedding ring; wedding band
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
high-spec; highly competitive (on the dating scene, e.g. by having a high income, being good-looking); ticking all the boxes
hard-to-get-into university; elite university; highly-selective university
skip (bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot); skipping (over); skip (captain of a curling team); skipper
to continue to do; to persist in doing
very best quality; superior quality
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)
while looking on in blank amazement; before one's very eyes; before one knew what was happening
finding employment; getting a job
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
bunch of flowers; bouquet
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
cookie; biscuit; cookie (browser-related file sent from a WWW server)
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
in that way; like that; that way
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
somewhat larger (amount); quite a lot; a little more (than usual); a little extra
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy