empty lot; vacant plot of land
sympathy; compassion; pity
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
(made of) stone; stone-built
instead of; replacing; on behalf of
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
scoundrel; rascal; villain
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
simply (cannot); definitely (cannot); absolutely (cannot); by no means
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
instruction; guidance; tutelage; (arch.) licensed elementary school teacher
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
to realize; to realise; to hit upon something
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
success; prosperity; boom
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
war or military record; score; military achievements; results
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
participants; participating athletes
loser; defeated person; the defeated
laborer; labourer; blue-collar worker
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
rational; reasonable; logical