to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
teacher; instructor; teaching staff; faculty member
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
superintendent; director; curator; chief librarian
(poor) treatment; (bad) behavior; behaviour; action; act
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
lesson; discipline; example (e.g. set a bad example); revelation
free action; free activity; acting at one's own discretion; taking one's own course; free hand; independent action
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
treaty; pact; convention; agreement
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
rough; wild; rude; harsh; gruff; violent
to feign ignorance; to pretend one doesn't know
sincere; honest; faithful
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
(personal) appearance; (personal) grooming; essential skill; required knowledge
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to sidestep (an issue)
stand; stall; booth; kiosk; store
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
simmer; bubble out; flow out
knothole; peep-hole; bad eyes
at work; in the midst of work; working
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
either way; in any case; one way or another
surrender (to the authorities); giving oneself up; turning oneself in
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
to find the resolve (to do); to make up one's mind (with); to act on a thought
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)