contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
increase and decrease; fluctuation
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
item; something that one "just has to have"
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
tag; slip; label; sticker
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
to finish reading; to read through
with one's own body; by one's own action; through one's own experience; firsthand
bodily sensation; sense; experience
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
failure; mistake; blunder
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to choose (a thing) at one's own discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
elementary level; beginner level
to some extent; to a certain extent
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
release; emission; ejection
aptitude; aptness; suitability
body; physical system; (the) person
grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
unsurpassable; peerless; having no equal; outclassing (others)
tip-top; top; top-drawer; best; foremost; elite
but; however; provided that
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late