photography; taking photographs
spectrum (radio, etc.); spectral; spectra
close investigation; careful examination; scrutiny
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
world history; international history
very recently; in the very recent past
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to machine; to cut; to scrape
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
sitting together in a circle; happy circle; harmony
box; box (in theatre); booth (in restaurant, etc.); small rectangular building (e.g. telephone box); rectangular field area (batter's box, catcher's box); box (calfskin); central 4x4 area (othello)
lantern (esp. handheld oil lamp); hurricane lamp
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
unglazed pottery; bisque; bisque firing; seafood grilled without seasoning
pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
in contrast to ...; unlike ...; while ...; whereas ...
in flagrante delicto arrest; arrest of somebody in the act of committing a crime
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
wounded person; injured person
finishing early (e.g. work, a game); entering elementary school a year earlier than others
high alert; a state of high alert; on alert
to lose one's mind; to lose control of oneself
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow
difference; discrepancy; variation
to not understand what somebody is getting at; to not understand what is being talked about
even more; still more; further