hey!; excuse me!; wait a moment
difficult to understand; difficult to grasp; confusing; puzzling
mock exam; practice exam; practice test
low-altitude flying; having consistently poor results (grades, sales, etc.); barely scraping by; being on the verge of failing
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
instead; but (on the other hand)
communication skills; communication ability
to ask a question; to ask questions
top of ...; head of ...; the moment that ...
multi-use; combined use; combination; serving two purposes
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
incident resulting in injury
becoming clear; coming to light; being ascertained; being identified; being confirmed
the moment of meeting (of two people, vehicles, etc.); the moment of running into each other; the moment of crossing paths
militant (faction, group, person, etc.); hardliner who favors force over compromise; hawk
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
look!; there!; here!; that is
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
to be affected; to be theatrical; to be pompous
speech; expression; wording; language
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
light (color, taste, etc.); faint (e.g. smell); pale; faint (feeling, hope, etc.); fleeting; slight
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to delay; to put off; to procrastinate
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
to pour into; to wash down (food); to insert (e.g. into a data stream); to integrate
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
to be at a loss; to be puzzled; to be perplexed; to be pressed for; to be pinched for; to become poor
candid advice; frank advice; honest opinion; exhortation; harsh but honest advice
pit of the stomach; solar plexus
to have one's breath taken away; to gasp (in surprise, wonder, etc.); to have one's breath catch in one's throat; to gulp
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
absence; disregard; indifference
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
word ending; way of ending one's words; slip of the tongue; verbal mistake
perfect score; full marks; perfect; entirely satisfactory; excellent
setting a question (for an exam, quiz, etc.); setting a theme (for composition of poetry)