application; entry; request; subscription; offer; proposal
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object
capture; takeover; hijack; skyjacking
round robin; having no losing tickets (of a lottery); brute force (in cryptography); using all combinations
round-robin tournament; round-robin competition
grand; heroic; sublime; fierce
change of heart; change of mind; change in love interest
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
before one knows; unnoticed; unawares
application (to take part in); registration
dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
handle; steering wheel; handlebar; handlebars; handle; screen name
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
to ride on a person's shoulders; to be carried on a person's back
carrying on one's back (e.g. baby); piggyback ride
setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
with a clink (click, clack)
switching off (e.g. electricity); turning off (e.g. water); off-season; offset; off-road; off-line; off (the price)
to put one's strength into
seriously; in earnest; for real; all out; really; with a will
only extant copy; only existing copy
to look unconcerned; to assume a composed look
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
leadership; initiative; spearhead
delightful; joyous; joyful; happy; desirable; welcome
upper; upward; outer; surface; top
memo book; memo pad; notebook; notepad; scratchpad; scratch pad
scribbling; scrawl; hasty writing
to go bar-hopping; to go on a pub crawl
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
way of asking; way of listening; listener
light pink; light crimson
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
clap (sound of wooden clappers); chop vigorously; slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting); the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers; dot (esp. typographical)
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily