painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry
popular; folksy; plebeian; ordinary; unpretentious
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
feeling chilly; nervous; anxious; frightened
advance notice; previous note; preliminary announcement; trailer (film, TV); preview
head over heels; headlong; head first
uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; uninteresting
dive (e.g. into water); (underwater) diving; dive (of an aircraft)
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
center of an explosion; centre of an explosion
proficient; skillful; enjoying; satisfaction; satiation
to push up; to force up; to pressure one's superiors; to burst out (of emotions, etc.); to fill one's heart
fall; crash (e.g. aircraft)
curtain; hanging; bunting
cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene
underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
drawers; knickers; bloomers
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
going down; fall; knocking down (in boxing); flooring; being out of action (due to illness, exhaustion, etc.); being down (e.g. with a cold); going down (of a computer system, server, etc.)
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
lowercase letter; small letter
other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
(with a) whizzing sound; sound of something whizzing by
memorial service for the dead; holding a service
to hasten to join; to hurry to visit
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
escape velocity; orbital velocity; cosmic speed; space velocity
to be lacking in options; to be too few
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
court (of law); courtroom