rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
to easily attain victory; to dupe; to swindle
to know thoroughly; to have full knowledge of
to be no match for; to not hold a candle to
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled; mowing down the enemy
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
low dining table; tea table
high-capacity; high-volume
safe; vault; storage cabinet
8th day of the month; eight days
first day of the month; the first of the month
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
birth date; date of birth; DOB
narrow margin; slim margin
to be unsteady; to reel; to shake; to waver; to be unsettled (feelings, thoughts, etc.)
to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to wash one's feet
wood; lumber; (raw) material; stuff; talent; ability
to assemble; to put together; to set up; to form (words, sentences, etc.)
important matter (for discussion)
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (of letters)
forced march; (fig.) doing something on a very strict schedule
chronic disease; chronic illness; old complaint; bad habit; intractable habit
grumbling; muttering; complaining; moaning
to be set up (completely); to be put together; to be composed (e.g. type)
folding; collapsible; telescopic
mechanism; machinery; system; structure; organization
to thread (e.g. a needle, beads, etc.)
weft; woof (crosswise threads on a loom)
to wag one's tail; to flatter; to butter up; to fawn (on)
to coil around (of a child or animal); to grab (usu. out of playfulness or affection); to cling
background briefing; backgrounder