column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
key word; key phrase; clue; keyword; search term; index term
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
estimate (of costs); budget
tacit approval; tacit permission; connivance; acquiescence; toleration; overlooking
state ceremony; laborious; troublesome; irksome
to try to do; to attempt to do
(work) shirker; goldbricker; good-for-nothing employee; (lit.) salary thief
dying by the roadside; dying a dog's death
to have (the) courage (to); to be courageous
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing ...)
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
end; tip; extremities; rank and file; part of an organisation furthest from the centre
error; fumble that leads to failing to put out a runner
rhyme; lime (Citrus aurantifolia); lime (mineral)
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
English-speaking world; English-speaking countries; Anglosphere
number of characters; character count
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
agreement; accord; correspondence; union; unity; cooperation
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
group; faction; (political) faction; wing; school (of thought, painting, etc.); sect
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
pride; boast; credit (to)
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
prosecutor general; attorney general
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
to make sure of; to ascertain; to see with one's own eyes; to watch to the end; to watch to make sure (that)
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth