growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
streamlined shape; aerodynamic shape
forming; shaping; fashioning; casting; molding; moulding
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
to overflow from something full
radioactivity; radiation; radioactive material
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
largest class; top category
dashboard; instrument panel; gauge board; instrument board
to mow down; to cut down; to slash (horizontally); to make a clean sweep; to sweep away; to brush away
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
crank (mechanism); narrow, crank-shaped road (on a driving school training course); crank (on an early movie camera)
to mesh (of gears, cogs, etc.); to engage with each other; to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength; to mesh
pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
to attract; to be used to
silver; silver colour; (fig.) snow
darkish; dusky; dark; murky
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
change of color; change of colour; fading; discoloration; discolouration
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
other side; other party; other end (e.g. of phone connection); opposition
some nerve (as in "you have some nerve to ...")
to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade
to freeze (to something); to be frozen (to); to freeze hard; to freeze completely
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
to squeeze out; to wring out
using one's fingers as a comb; combing one's hand through one's hair
fanfare; flourish of trumpets
to move back; to draw back; to lessen; to subside; to resign; to retire
elder sister; effeminate man
older sister; elder sister