pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
demonstration; protest; (giving a) demo; demonstration; presentation
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
braid (hair, cord. etc.); plait
vice president (of a club or organization, organisation)
mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
long (i.e. full-length) pants (as opposed to shorts)
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
fresh troops; fresh players; newcomer; new employee; new method; new way
to abbreviate; to omit; to take; to capture
pregnancy discrimination; workplace discrimination against pregnant women; dismissing an employee because they are pregnant
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
shaved head; person with a shaved head; skinhead; shaved-headed member of a subculture often associated with Neo-nazism
shortish; rather short; somewhat short
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
tedious; boring; being fed up with