with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
physical condition; state of health
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
single word; a few words; brief comment
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
silver-gray hair; silver-grey hair; attractive older man with some gray hair
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
to shed light; to cast light
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
intensely; severely; strictly; tightly; compactly; closely
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
to place in a row; to line up; to list; to enumerate; to talk a lot of nonsense; to tell a lot of lies
to look away; to avert one's eyes
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke