accurate; precise; exact; appropriate; apt; right
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
face; honour; honor; reputation; prestige; dignity
to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
to lose; to miss (a chance, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
impossible to do (although wants to)
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
and yet; though; when; in spite of
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
medicine; agent; (chemical) substance; drug; dose
to boil; to heat (a liquid); to prepare (a bath, hot drink); to excite; to rouse; to stir
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
since; henceforth; ever since
expansion; extension; magnification; enlargement; escalation; spread
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing
to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
still; even now; to this day
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
main body (of troops); main force; this troop; these troops
about this time; about now
departure; leaving; setting off
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
offering a full report to a superior
probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many
to be worried; to be troubled
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...