goal; basket (basketball); finishing line; Gaul
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
discovery; detection; finding
aloof; morose; stuck-up; smelling strongly of something; having a pungent smell
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
such; this sort of; like this
pull; patronage; tug; discount
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
multi-use; combined use; combination; serving two purposes
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
collection (of fees, taxes, etc.); levy
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
correction; revision; amendment
sublime; noble; high-minded
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
gauge; standard; length; size; (measuring) rule; scale
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
older sister; elder sister
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
to become fraught with emotion
going back to sleep (e.g. after waking up in the morning)
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
to get dressed up; to treat oneself
good-for-nothing; parasite; deadbeat; loafer; drone; idler
bum; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment