real intention; true motive; true will; original intention; original purpose; original hope
to leave; to evacuate; to withdraw (from); to move out (of a house, etc.); to vacate
old body; aged person; elderly person
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
approximate (number); rough (calculation); sloppy; lackadaisical; crude
to put on (another's shoes by mistake); to put (shoes) on the wrong feet; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse; to have a mistaken idea of
amount of light; quantity of light
photographer; cameraman; camera operator; cinematographer
fixed date; appointed date; set date; deadline; due date
to delay; to put off; to procrastinate
day after day; day by day
scattered; separated; dispersed
closed circle (of suspects, in mystery fiction)
opaque; obscure; opacity; obscurity; unclear; unpredictable
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away
to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate
flowering; blooming; blossoming; flowering (of a civilization, talent, etc.); blossoming; blooming
sharp rise (in prices); steep rise; substantial increase; soaring
to buy more (of something)
buying price; cost price; purchase price
being too late; losing one's final chance
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
to be dead; to be lifeless
to be branded a ...; to be labelled a ...
to sever relations (with someone; esp. a relative or spouse); to break off (with)
parent-teacher association; PTA
to save; to leave over; to spare
... all over again (repeating the same failure)
the Bon Festival and New Year; two great things (happening at the same time)
fraction; odd sum; odd money; small change; (arch.) low class female servant
rationality; reasonableness
self-conceit; self-satisfaction; self-righteousness; self-importance; complacency
mask; veil; disguise; anonymous; unmarked; incognito
three-digit number; hundreds column
no hint (e.g. quiz questions where no clues are given)
to muffle one's voice; to speak (or sob, etc.) quietly
be (that) as it may; having said that