design; idea; conception; plan
to concentrate; to focus on; to devote; to stiffen; to become tense
car; vehicle; van; (train) car; carriage
supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined
to wait for a favorable chance; to wait for a favourable chance
prostration; placing knees, hands and forehead on the ground to show utmost respect
stopping (of a train, car, etc.); stop
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
national road; national highway
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
using a new brush for the first time; doing something for the first time; man losing his virginity (esp. to an older woman)
to nip (something) in the bud
sleep mask; eye mask; blindfold
unladylike; unbecoming; immodest; unthinkable; impossible; ridiculous
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
adulterous partner (in a relationship); adulterous lover
to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on; to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into
hard to see; indistinct; obscure; illegible
colored contact lens; coloured contact lens; cosmetic contact lens; decorative contact lens
everywhere; all over; throughout
point where one has to accept one's fate; point where one has to give up; state of resignation; resigned state
comfortably; peacefully; freely; (growing) quickly
slip of the tongue; misstatement; verbal slip-up
affirmation; declaration; assertion; end of sentence
return to one's country; return to one's hometown
(starting) from nothing; from scratch
husband and wife; married couple
screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring
favoritism; favouritism; partiality
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking