amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
to some extent; to a certain extent
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
marriage partner; spouse; wife-to-be; husband-to-be; future spouse
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
even so; anyhow; at any rate
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
neutrality (incl. chemical, electrical, etc.); indifference; sexlessness; androgyny; neuter gender
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
hiding at all costs; desperate cover-up; doing one's best to keep (something) secret
true character; real nature
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first
to create (a sensation); to give rise to (controversy)
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
array; muster; line-up; full force
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
something; some kind of; for some reason
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to turn up; to brawl (in a play, etc.)
conviction; belief; confidence
bang on the money; spot on; right answer
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
having special circumstances (e.g. problems, issues, advantages, flaws, defects, etc.); imperfect (merchandise); with defects
in succession; one by one
to gather; to collect; to assemble
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
to repeat; to do something over again