by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
in its entirety; whole; wholly
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
probability; likelihood; chances
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
when it becomes; when it comes to
composition; synthesis; composite photo; (function) composition
100,000; hundred thousand
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
purchasers; customer base; market (for a product)
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
finest example; the best (of); white eyebrows
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
three; three years of age
class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
number one; first; best; most; game; round
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
to be reminded of; to call to mind
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
inundation; submersion; flood
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
submersion; inundation; being flooded
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...