unexpected; unforeseen; strange
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard
(not) even once; (not) ever
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
excessively spacious; unduly wide; sprawling
field (for growing wheat, fruit, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
control; management (e.g. of a business)
abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender
moneymaking; earning money
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...
overhasty; rash; premature
haste; hurry; urgency; in a hurry; quickly; with haste
to walk; to move forward; to make progress
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
to turn over; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (a flag); to let (a skirt, cape, etc.) flap in the wind
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
spring (device); spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
to throw a punch at; to swing at; to strike out at; to raise a hand against
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
build; physique; frame; constitution
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
physical strength; muscular strength
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
freely; right and left; as one pleases