hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to dig up; to dig out; to pick (nose, teeth); to clean out (ears)
footprint; soleprint; last; wooden mold for shoes or tabi (mould)
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
only; merely; but; no more than
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
coloured paper; colored paper
buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking
trivial; not amounting to much
split; division; break up
crisp (e.g. potato chip, fried fish, etc.); crunchy; grumpily; touchily; scratching
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
sponsor; promoter; impresario; organizer; organiser
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
yes; sure; gotcha; sycophantically; servilely; fawningly
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); -ing
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
mix; mixed-race person; multiracial person
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
bugling (sound); honking; grumbling; complaining; car; automobile
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
club budget; club expense
part (esp. of the body); region; site; cut (of meat)
egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
condition; state (of health); appearance
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; scan (e.g. MRI, PET, etc.)