one color; one colour; one article; same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing
faultfinding; carping; quibbling; cavilling; caviling
reading too much into (what ... says)
license; permit; licence; certificate
effectiveness of advertising
promotion; acceleration; encouragement; facilitation; spurring on
passenger seat; assistant driver's seat
collection (e.g. of a debt); dunning; selection (for a position); exceptional promotion; fresh; freshly picked
to have an accident (esp. traffic accident); to cause an accident
operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
as time goes by; as time went by; with the passage of time; over time
fantastic; magical; wondrous; whimsical; fairytale-like; romantic
five (long cylindrical things)
store's appearance (esp. shop front, signs, etc.)
taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story
(arch.) to be; (arch.) to be (location); sum of money
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
ticket barrier; ticket gate; wicket
to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch
to take (someone) to one place after another (forcibly); to drag (someone) around
commercial (radio, TV, etc.); ad; construction management; contract manufacturer; customer management; court martial
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
a long time ago; long before now
price reduction; discount
to pay the bill; to settle an account
to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
to appease; to suppress; to calm
(it) goes without saying; needn't be said; that should rather be left unsaid
having an immediate effect; taking immediate effect
stripe; bar; streak; (weaved) stripe pattern (of 2 or more different colors)
means of transportation; transport service
spiderweb; spider web; spider's web; cobweb
route map (buses, trains, etc.)