subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
head; lead; vanguard; first
discovery; detection; finding
decider; person who decides; deciding factor; clincher; trump card
to be lit (e.g. electricity comes on); to be lighted; to catch fire
some people; a few people; several people
to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
to be cloying; to be sick and tired with; to be disgusted with; to stink
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby
cardboard box; carton; corrugated box
sickroom; hospital room; ward
toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory
messy; untidy; disorderly; higgledy-piggledy
electricity; (electric) light
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
very recently; in the very recent past
to wash away; to rinse off
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
patient's chart; clinical records; record (e.g. student, equipment maintenance, etc.)
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
don't you think?; indicates question
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
timewise; temporal; chronal
to make good use of; to use to one's advantage
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over