wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
living thing; living creature; animal; life
taking an examination (esp. for entrance to a school or university)
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards
11th day of the month; 11 days
record; document; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
three times; thrice; third (interval)
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
abusive language; violent language; wild words
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
complicated; complex; intricate; confusing; difficult; troublesome
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
power outage; power failure; power cut; blackout
light; light (colour, food, comedy, etc.); right; right field; right fielder
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
to get into a panic; to be flustered; to panic; to get in a flap
piece of junk; worn-out article; clumsy; useless; dismantled car; hitting (with fist)
feeling; sensation; tentative; rough; interjection
probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
seductive; carnal; troubling; difficult; anxious; uneasy
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
seeming (to be); appearing; apparently
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
to bump into; to run into; to encounter; to meet with; to clash (of opinions, people, etc.); to conflict
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
to collapse; to flop (onto)
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
bounce; spring; momentum; impetus; moment; instant
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) someone down (esp. with sexual connotations)