check station; checkpoint
colouring; coloring; colouration; coloration; painting
as is habit; the way life normally is
cruel; hard-hearted; harsh; unkind
Seven Wonders of the World
keeping silent; saying nothing at all
to have a lewd look on one's face; to ogle
New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)
has never (done, occurred); there has never been an instance (where); there is no precedent (for)
cenotaph; memorial monument
turns and twists; ups and downs; meandering; complications; vicissitudes
scene of an accident; crash site; accident scene
aposematic coloration (colouration)
making use of; application; practical use; operation (esp. of a boat); steering
public opinion; popular voice; public sentiment; consensus
sale; offering for sale; putting on sale; putting on the market; release (for sale)
childish; child-like; innocent; naive
to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
vice versa; also the converse; reverse is true
to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)
square metre; square meter
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
high-voltage current; high-tension current
watchtower; watch tower; lookout tower
to entice; to tempt; to invite someone to join in
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
confusion; complications; being gripped by strong feelings; fit (e.g. of anger); moment (e.g. of frustration)
zip it!; shut it!; be quiet!; I'll shut up
to come face to face (with)
strategy meeting; council of war
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
periodic; regular; routine
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)