to start a signal fire; to use a smoke signal; to initiate an action; to start a campaign
to depart (on a journey, trip, etc.); to leave; to set off; to start
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
to scramble for; to struggle for; to contend for; to fight for
(very) unusual; unconventional; eccentric; novel; original; striking
to follow (a rule, precedent, etc.); to conform to (the law, standards, etc.); to be proportionate to; to correspond to; to be equivalent to
acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair
to project; to stick out; to stand out
to speak disparagingly of; to speak very ill of; to run down; to trash; to slam; to lay into
to praise; to extol; to hail; to laud; to celebrate
loss (of something); disadvantage; mistake; error; flaw; defect
resentment; indignation; anger
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); snatching; stealing
to become inverted; to become reversed
upper side (of a go, chess or othello board)
rail (track); (curtain) rail; track (for a sliding door); groundwork; spadework
excavation; exhumation; digging up; discovery (of a new fact, talent, etc.); finding; unearthing
to speak unanimously; to speak in chorus; to speak in unison; to speak in one voice
old-fashioned; behind the times; out-of-date; antiquated
fossil; petrifaction; petrification; fossilization
hourly; from one minute to the next; from hour to hour; moment by moment; with each passing moment
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
property; fortune; assets
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; frightening
all the time; every single time; thank you (for your continued patronage)
isn't it; right?; you know?
clinical study; clinical trial
knowing how to swim with the tide; being good at dealing with things
to get excited; to make one's heart leap; to make one's heart pound
that's got nothing to do with me; that's none of my business; that doesn't involve me
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
self-responsibility; on one's own responsibility; at one's own risk
becoming a pupil (of); becoming an apprentice
after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post
to feel sorry (for, that); to regret (that); to feel pity; to sympathize