opening to the public; making available to the public; putting on display; exhibiting; showing (play, movie, etc.); holding (interview, etc.)
how; in what way; in what manner
blue sky; skyrocketing (of prices); having no limit; the sky being the limit
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
amount of money; sum of money
in hand; on hand; on one; handheld
to throw; to toss; to hit; to strike; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles)
freely; at liberty; at will; as one likes
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
mainly; chiefly; primarily; for the most part
to snatch; to grab; to steal; to charge (an exorbitant price) for
hand; handball (soccer foul)
juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
thirst; craving; thirst (for love, knowledge, etc.); hunger
to moisten; to wet; to profit; to enrich; to benefit
settlement; conclusion; summary
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
(on the) net; (on the) Internet; (on the) Web
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
opponent; adversary; the competition; the other side; one's enemy
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
pot (esp. teapot, coffee-pot); vacuum bottle; thermos flask
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
chances of winning (a bet); odds
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
hard-to-get-into university; elite university; highly-selective university
at once; immediately; right now
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit