to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to pretend; to act (as if)
the front; honest; upright; decent
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
protection; defence; support; safeguarding; championship; vindication
fight; dispute; feud; competition; contest; rivalry
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
to serve as a reference; to provide useful information; to be helpful; to be informative; to be instructive
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
settlement; solution; resolution
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
space; room; unused land; room (for reconsideration, doubt, etc.); leeway; margin
very small amount; insignificant thing; negligible amount
how many people; a number of people
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
one's own potential; real ability; one's own strength
beyond this point; ahead; from now on; after this; in the future
to happen to have; to have on hand; to carry (e.g. money)
highest rank; highest position; high-end; highest-order; most-significant (e.g. bit)
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
to come true (of a dream, wish, etc.); to be realized; to be fulfilled; to be granted; to be answered (of a prayer); to be requited (of love)
average; ordinary; normal
to have both; to possess both; to combine with
to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.); to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to be harvested; to be picked; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
to accomplish; to achieve; to complete; to carry out; to carry through
to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone
a handful (of); small amount (of); small number (of); trouncing; crushing
is something that; is that which
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
to need; to call for; to require