to seal (e.g. a letter); to prevent (e.g. movement); to forbid; to block (e.g. speech)
war situation; progress of a battle
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
complete change; about-face
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
symbol (of something abstract); emblem; (symbolic) representation
voltage; excitement; enthusiasm
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing (on a typewriter)
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
several people; a few people
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
on the occasion of; at the time of
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
ratio; proportion; match; equal; compared with ...; relative to ...
reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent
rare; exceptional; extraordinary; unique; incomparable; unparalleled
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
shock absorption; buffer action; cushioning; buffer
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to look away; to avert one's eyes; to avoid facing (e.g. reality)
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
pinch; tough spot; bind; clothespin; clothes peg
fat; grease; blubber; lard; suet