designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
to shed light; to cast light
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
to have meaning; to be meaningful
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
collapse; break; cave-in; crash; (market) decline
to turn aside adroitly; to dodge
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
very careful; thoroughly prepared
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
to repent; to regret; to be sorry; to rue
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
if I'm forced to say something; if anything; if I must say; if I must choose
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; end; end of the road; end point
eruption; volcanic eruption
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
concealment; suppression; hiding
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
numbness; going to sleep (of a limb); pins and needles
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
to bury; to embed; to implant
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
to walk; to move forward; to make progress
start; commencement; beginning; initiation