demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
agitation; stirring; whipping; beating
what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
mask; disguise; guise; mask
boldface; bold-type; thick characters
rough (estimate, manner, etc.); crude; broad; loose; careless (work)
going out; one's best clothes; formal (e.g. language); best (behaviour, manners, etc.)
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
reaction; response; reaction
hoot hoot; tu-whit tu-whoo; oh!; I see; huh!
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
ancient civilization; ancient civilisation
hanging garden; hanging gardens
to refer to; to use as reference
fingering an object (in killing time); amusing oneself; diversion; gambling
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
no!; no no!; no, not at all
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
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)
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
one-way (trip); one-way ticket
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
to live; to make a living; to get on with
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
to order; to command; to appoint
immediately; right away; on the spot
control; check; restraint; inhibition
(religious) precept; discipline; commandment; mitzvah
food and drink; eating and drinking
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for