unladylike; unbecoming; immodest; unthinkable; impossible; ridiculous
grounding (in a skill or subject); knowledge; training; achievements; attainments; accomplishments
not funny; not a laughing matter; not a joke
close; intimate; on good terms
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
banter; teasing; chaffing; merely asking the price; just looking at goods; window-shopping
to ascend; to go up; to climb
district; area; zone; quarter; section; region
high and low; rise and fall
pole on which to hang laundry for drying; clothesline
to throw away; to abandon
container (e.g. shipping); skip
wintry mountain; mountain that is popular for climbing in winter
plateau; tableland; eminence
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
heresy; nonconformism; heathenism; paganism
something that will last a lifetime (esp. high-quality products)
planet; dark horse; surprise contender
hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8
fragment; small piece; scrap; shred (e.g. of emotion); trace; bit
coherence; order; focus; point
straying; wandering (off course)
to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to lose heart
match (for lighting a fire)
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
both; many; various; together
to talk; to tell; to recite; to pledge; to conspire with
possession (by a spirit, demon, etc.); dependence (on)
survival; remaining; being extant; being left
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as ...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
to be puffed up with pride; to throw out one's chest