expansion; swelling; increase; growth
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
revelation; manifestation; appearance; expression (e.g. in molecular biology; protein expression or gene expression)
directionality; directivity
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
centre of explosion; center of explosion; hypocentre; hypocenter; ground zero
to make even; to make smooth; to make level; to average
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
incompletion; incomplete; unfinished
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
one direction; unidirectional; non-interactive
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; effect
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
there's no knowing; there's no telling; it's anyone's guess; who knows?
preliminary step; first step
fixed period; fixed term; regular; periodic; fixed-term commuter pass; fixed-term deposit
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to throw into; to dump in together
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
(your) daughter; young woman
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
pleased to make your acquaintance
soft and fluffy (e.g. hair)