unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
expansion and contraction; elasticity; flexibility
flexibility; pliability; softness; elasticity
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
of course; certainly; naturally
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
interior; inside; internal
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
accurate; correct; precise; exact
investigation to determine the cause (of); tracing something back to its origin
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
such ... as; or some such
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, handicap, etc.); overcoming; bringing under control; subjugation; victory over
settlement; solution; resolution
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
listening (esp. in foreign language education); listening comprehension; (public) hearing
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
to talk; to chat; to chatter
family; members of a family
high spirits; gleeful mood
festival; feast; carnival
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
several (objects, usu. from two to six)
short sentence; short piece of writing (e.g. passage, article, composition)
long sentence; long piece of writing (e.g. passage, letter, article, telegram)