line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
handsome young man; Adonis
light blue; pale blue; aqua
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
rescue mission; evacuation operation
outline; summary; overview; synopsis; abstract; abridgment
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
raising one's hand; show of hands (e.g. for a vote); salute
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
if it is the case that ...
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
per person; per capita; per head
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
courageous; brave; bold; valiant
criterion; standard; yardstick; rough estimate; approximation
to be of use as a reference; to be helpful
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
totally willing; fully motivated
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to entrust; to leave to a person
leaving somebody behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone
to exclude; to leave out (of conversations, etc.); to freeze out; to send to Coventry
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
two (long cylindrical things)
to live up to expectations; to meet expectations
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
to anticipate; to foresee
in that manner; like that
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip