casual; unconcerned; nonchalant; ordinary; normal; regular
relationship of mutual trust; fiduciary relation
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
compensation; reparation; price (of achieving a goal); cost; paying compensation on someone's behalf; compensation
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
listening (esp. in foreign language education); listening comprehension; interview (with a client, etc.); survey; (public) hearing
to deal with a large number
key; lock; key (to a problem, success, etc.); clue
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
to translate; to interpret
of (indicates possessive)
doing ...; in the process of ...
passivity; passiveness; passivity; (the) passive
setting a question (for an exam, quiz, etc.); setting a theme (for composition of poetry)
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
ambition; aspiration; desire to improve oneself
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
question collection; problem collection; problem set; workbook
scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
demonstration; show of force
to be delirious with fever; to have a feverish dream; to be crazy about something
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
to take (something) along; to bring with one; to carry (something) away; to bear
glaring; flaming; fiery; blazing
gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
one's body; one's person; oneself; one's appearance; one's place (in society, etc.); one's position
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in