terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
jumping; jump (e.g. in prices); rashness; rash person
control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition
weight; heavyweight boxer
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
wrong direction; different direction (from what one expected)
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
being particular (about); being fussy; being picky; being choosy; being fastidious
not necessarily so; is not always true
firmly; absolutely; flatly; by far; far and away; by a long shot
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
less than ...; smaller ...
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
(please) look; see; (please) try to do
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
tedious; boring; being fed up with
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
somehow; for some reason or other
heat haze; shimmer of hot air
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
to blaze down on; to beat down on; to shine down upon
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
continually; continuously; incessantly; without interruption
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
either way; in any case; one way or another
living; lifestyle; living room
to relax; to feel at home
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
notebook; memo pad; certificate; identification card
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
publication; issue (of journal, newspaper, etc.); issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising an event (software)