prejudice; bias; distorted view
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
future; possible; potential; prospective
good outward appearance; looking nice; being attractive; making a fine show
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future
advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)
response; reply; answer; defence; defense
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
falsehood and truth; fiction and fact
to weave together; to interweave; to intermingle
to exert oneself and win; to gain (victory)
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
cross; crossed; cruciform
selling or divesting in unwanted stocks; hiding bad loans
to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up
to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam
dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
suddenly; abruptly; deliberately; slowly; gently
descent; fall; drop; passing down (of an order, decree, etc.)
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
in an instant; in a flash; right away; immediately
almost every day; almost daily
long sentence; long piece of writing (e.g. passage, letter, article, telegram)
new line; new paragraph; newline (e.g. LF, CR, CRLF)
and (also); both ... and; as well as
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of