noun - a very hard mass in wood, usually darker colour than the wood around it

verb - to cook in water that is so hot that there are bubbles in it

noun - one of the sections in a train where six or eight people can usually sit

noun - a place in the memory of a computer where something (a piece of text, a file etc.) can be stored for a short time

adjective - not old but not young, in one's forties

noun - a kind of sound that comes out of a telephone receiver when you pick it up

adverb - actually, in reality

verb - to choose a candidate by voting for him/her

noun - the look in somebody's face

noun - one stage of a game in which all the participants played their part

noun - small loose pieces of skin in your hair

preposition, American English - because of something that you now see or understand

preposition - because of something that you now see or understand

noun - a kind of line in your hair where it is divided in two

adverb - not near the borders or the coast of a country