topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
individual item (i.e. not part of a set); single article; single item out of a set; one item from a set
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
nugget (e.g. gold, chicken, fish)
potato; French fries; chips; sweet potato
standard; set; routine; decided
order; reservation; order; sequence; order (of magnitude); architectural order
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
to spend one's days in tears and sorrow
to be disheartened; to be dejected; to be discouraged; suddenly (losing a lot of weight); looking emaciated; becoming very thin
prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
with a swoosh; at one fell swoop
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
sorry; excuse me; thank you
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
everything; anything; nothing
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
exactly as stated; verbatim
point of compromise; common ground
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
clingingly; (stuck) together; (pressed) all the way down; (flopping) down
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
showing one's face in public; facing another person