setting a place; setting the table
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
summertime; summer season
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
nutrient; nutritional supplement; nutritional tonic
to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
escape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn
black rotary-dial telephone
decoration; ornament; trimmings
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
state of emergency; emergency; crisis
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
(time of) emergency; (in) event of emergency; (in) case of emergency
to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive
commonplace; ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; mundane
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
direct unforked road; straight path
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
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
coping method; approach; how to deal with (problem, etc.)
canteen; flask; water bottle; thermos
writing implement; writing tool
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
to peel off and fall; to flake away