main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; spotting (in weight training)
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
barrier wall; bulkhead; partition; septum; diaphragm
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
being familiar with; having a thorough knowledge of; being well-informed about
forever; eternally; for good; as long as one likes; indefinitely; endlessly
getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow
this point; now; this late in the game
propulsion; drive; promotion (of a policy, project, movement, etc.); furtherance; advancement
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
immediately; right away; on the spot
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
restoration; restitution; rehabilitation
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
according to plan; as planned
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
guest; visitor; visitor's arrival
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
whatever way; any way; either way; one way or the other
to be worth; to be worthy of; to deserve; to merit
emergency light; emergency lamp
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
north wing (of a building); north building
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
seeming (to be); appearing; apparently
analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse
south wing (of a building); south building
urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once