exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak
maze; labyrinth; inner ear
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
putting out the light; switching off the light
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
wounded person; injured person
to put a burden on; to tax (e.g. strength)
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession
choices; alternatives; options
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
listening (esp. in foreign language education); listening comprehension; (public) hearing
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
re-examination; review; reconsideration; reappraisal
dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; end; end of the road; end point
uncharted territory; unknown waters; unfamiliar terrain
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
although I say; although one might say; although called
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
question; inquiry; enquiry
person in charge (of an area of work); person responsible; contact (person)
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do