direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
investigation (e.g. academically, of the unknown); close inquiry (enquiry)
going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with
settlement; solution; resolution
operating together; working together; being linked (to); being tied (to); being connected (with); interlocking
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
quickly and skillfully; to the point; succinctly; concisely
professor; teaching; instruction
just like; the same as; no different than
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
to tinker with; to fumble with; to twist up
to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
to be needed; to be wanted
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
irregular; atypical; anomalous; anomalistic; abnormal
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
rolling (ship, etc.); rolling (start, plan, etc.); illegal street racing
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
flat; even; level; plain (speech, etc.); simple
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain
to be reasonable; to stand to reason; to be logical; to hold water
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
being endowed with (e.g. a gift); being blessed with; endowment
individual; particular; discrete; distinct
(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly
is that so? (generally rhetorical)