truth; reality; seriousness; logical truth; printed style writing; star performer
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
one machine; one aircraft; one life
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
to make sacrifices for; to pay dearly for
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
extraordinary; special; exceptional; non-standard grammatical construction; ungrammatical usage; solecism
advance payment; money paid in advance
greeting; a fine thing to say
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
to understand; to comprehend
to boil strongly; to be excited
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
gaudy; showy; garish; crooked; vicious; wicked
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
too much; excessively; too
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
gentle; mild; meek; tender
thousands; several thousand
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
way; method; means; resource; course
preface; introduction; preamble
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
main question; real issue at hand
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant