to be able to receive; to be able to take; to be able to eat; to be able to drink; to be acceptable; to be satisfactory
problematical statement; controversial statement
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
sculpture; carved statue; graven image
to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer
steepness; steep place; harsh (look); sharp (tongue)
incredibly brutal; gory; gruesome
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
close; intimate; on good terms
to chase; to run after; to pursue
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
self-study; teaching oneself; studying by oneself (at school) while the teacher is absent
to give up; to admit defeat; to throw in the towel
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
strong power of the state; iron fist; heavy hand
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
abundant; ample; plentiful; lustrous; glossy
school rules; school regulations
revision (of text); alteration; change
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
to take a view or perspective; to regard as; to consider to be
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
to excel in one thing; to be a master in an art
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)