what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
to decorate gaudily; to overdecorate; to deck out; to embellish
abscissa; horizontal axis; horizontal scroll
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
passing each other; missing (meeting) each other; failing to meet; (being at) cross purposes; discrepancy
vertical axis; vertical line; vertical shaft; spindle; connection between past and present
to become inverted; to become reversed
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
to go unpunished; to be tolerated; to be allowed; to be overlooked
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
control; management; supervision
result; effect; performance; workmanship; execution; shape and quality (of an article)
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
bloodthirsty killer; cold-blooded murderer; homicidal maniac
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
great person; eminent figure
incessant; uninterrupted; continuous
committing every evil; being given to evil ways; following the path of evil
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
in succession; one by one
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive
item; heading; category; headword (in a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.); entry
mainly; chiefly; primarily; for the most part
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
to breathe (heavily); to pant; to gasp; to live
correction; revision; amendment
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank