half the amount (of money); half price; half fare
to buy (stock, materials, etc.); to purchase; to lay in; to get; to obtain
to give a round of applause; to applaud
to get a crick in one's neck (while sleeping)
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
to originate (with); to start (with); to stem (from)
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
to be prolonged; to drag on; to take a long time; to persist; to linger
Archimedes (287?-212 BCE)
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
being second to none; being in a league of one's own
to be set up (completely); to be put together; to be composed (e.g. type)
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
etc.; et cetera; and so on
previous generation (of a family); previous head of the family; predecessor; previous age; previous generation
achievement; performance; results; work; contribution
ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill
value to society; raison d'être; existence value
sowing seeds; planting seeds; scattering seeds
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
to change (lower-body clothing: shoes, pants, skirt, etc.); to put on (the wrong shoes)
discretion; judgement; judgment
to take over (someone's duties, business, etc.); to inherit; to succeed to; to hand over
killing two birds with one stone; serving two ends
relativity; interconnectedness; correlation
light color; light colour
piece of cake; a walk in the park
sexual (i.e. relating to biological sex); sexual (relations, attraction, abuse, etc.)
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); search (e.g. on the Internet); retrieval (of information); reference
(not even) an inch; (not even) a little bit; (lit.) one millimeter
following a single pattern; conforming to the same pattern; one-track; single-track; repetitive; predictable
self-conceit; self-satisfaction; self-righteousness; self-importance; complacency
writing down; taking notes; notes; writings; written examination; written test
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
to be in full bloom; to blossom in full glory; to be in fullness of bloom