substantial matter; significant item
acquaintance; making someone's acquaintance
freebie (e.g. with a purchase); something additional; price reduction; discount; exaggeration
to take action; to start; to get started; to begin to do
to knock down; to knock off
empty lot; vacant plot of land
without cause; without reason
to pound (e.g. heart); to pulse (e.g. vein); to pulsate
distance in a straight line
wasteland; wilderness; abandoned land; devastated land
flaw; defect; problem; inconvenient
bet; wager; stake; gamble
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
fault; weakness; flaw; crux (of a matter); difficult point; point of contention
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)
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of
thick; dense; rich (as in taste or content); crowded
concentration (e.g. of a solution); enrichment; condensation
condensation (of ideas, emotions, etc.); condensation (of a vapour or gas)
visualization (data, results, etc.); visualisation; making something visible (that was previously unseen)
air battle; dog fight; aerial battle
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
material; substance; matter
-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
to go ahead; to pull ahead
collision; bumping into; head-to-head training; drill consisting of pushing and being pushed; battering practice
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
number of times; frequency; count
difficult to hear; unpleasant to hear
tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture