jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
masterpiece; best work; amusing blunder; funny mistake; boner
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
slight; thin; on the weak side
book; booklet; story book; pamphlet; notebook
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
for use by children; for children
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
now that you say that; now that you mention it
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
how many people; a number of people
to wring the neck; to strangle
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
nasal breathing; breathing through one's nose; person's pleasure; excitement
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age
irregularity; unsteadiness; disorderly
to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to fray one's nerves; to wear out one's nerves; to frazzle one's nerves; to be a nervous wreck
neighborhood association; neighbourhood association