stairs; stairway; staircase
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
tool; implement; means; furniture
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
to hang over; to cover; to lie over; to fall on one's shoulders; to become one's responsibility; to become a burden
inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
imagination; supposition; guess
too much; excessively; too
impossibly hard video game
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
magnification; leverage; amplification; competitiveness rating (e.g. for university entrance); applicant-to-acceptance ratio
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
iron plate; steel plane; sure thing; certain winner
destructive blast; blowing up; explosion
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
to cut out; to clip from; to extract
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
to take over; to hand over
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
defense; defence; protection
to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)
different opinion; objection
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone