at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step
to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
urgency; exigency; emergency
to take root (of a plant); to strike root; to root; to become established (e.g. of an idea, a movement); to take hold; to take root
stage (platform); performance; show; stage (phase); part; stage
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection
cleaning up (enemy remnants); sweeping clean (of opponents); mopping up
to encourage (someone); to cheer (someone) up; to give (someone) a charge; to empower
to make sure of; to ascertain; to see with one's own eyes; to watch to the end; to watch to make sure (that)
light clothing; dressing light; light equipment; light armaments
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
small mercy (from some misfortune); silver lining of a dark cloud; consolation in sadness; blessing in disguise
worry; care; concern; ennui; boredom
without; unless; have to do
birth (esp. of a famous person); nativity
to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)
rumor of a romance (rumour)
separate room; another room; special room; (arch.) concubine (of a noble)
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
need; want; necessity; costs; expenses
feeble joke; poor joke; corny joke; bad pun
to make (someone) understand (a fault, mistake, etc.); to reason with; to advise; to try to persuade; to exhort; to admonish
to be sorry; to beg someone's pardon; to be much obliged; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be greatly impressed
soft tennis (variant of tennis played with a soft rubber ball)
oral examination; interview
being amazed; being horrified; being taken aback
self-centered; self-centred; selfish
lack; absence; shortage; deficiency; privation
any- (e.g. anything, anywhere, anyone); -ever (e.g. whatever, wherever, whenever); even (if it's just ...); at least; either ... or ...
(even) if only a little; to some extent; in the slightest way
unbecoming; improper; unsuitable; ill-matched; unworthy of
imbalance; disproportion; disparity; mismatch; asymmetry
sensible; sensuous; intuitive
magnificent spectacle; thrilling sight; grand view
pair; couple; contraposition
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area