staff member; employee; worker; personnel
three days and three nights
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
true state; actual condition; reality
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
materials; data; document
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
rough (estimate, manner, etc.); crude; broad; loose; careless (work)
to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out
amount of money; sum of money
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
to discuss; to talk together
at any rate; in any event; either way; anyway
to detain; to check; to restrain
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
fixed idea; idée fixe; stereotype; prejudice
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
not yet known; unknown; strange
calamity; disaster; misfortune
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
late at night; small hours of the morning
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
interruption; suspension; break
to stiffen; to become stiff
to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
inside of a castle; area surrounded by castle walls
corridor; hallway; passageway
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room