deterioration; degradation; drop in quality; becoming unattractive (because of aging)
edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication
potential; latent faculties; potential capacities
(state of) apparent death; suspended animation
deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair, etc.); grip (e.g. of death)
being unhuman; being removed from humanity; being unworldly
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
organ (of body, plant, etc.)
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
management; managerial position; administrative post; person in a managerial position
difficult to ...; hard to ...
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
to form a partnership or association; to join together; to grapple with
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
aperture; bore; calibre; caliber
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
flexible (person); open-minded
fixed idea; idée fixe; stereotype; prejudice
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)
the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm); south; fifth month of the lunar calendar
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve