immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply
adulterous love affair with someone at work
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
with a view to marriage; with marriage in mind
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
big splash; big response; major repercussions
economic fortune; luck with money
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
enquiry; inquiry; query; interrogation; ENQ
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
particularly; only; in the case of
one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series
somehow; for some reason or other
special; auspicious; happy; naive; innocent; good-natured
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
ban; prohibition; interdiction; injunction
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
lowest ever; record-low; lowest on record
results; record; grades; marks
countryman; provincial; person from the country; provincial person; bumpkin; hick
sexual experience (with women)
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
straight-laced person; stubborn person
free; unrestricted; (with) complete mastery; completely in control
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss