1. pass
Pass the salt, please.
During the test, she felt very sick, so she got a pass to go to the toilet.
You can't enter here unless you have a pass.
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.
You may be able to pass unnoticed in a city, but in a village that's not possible.
Go straight down the road, and when you pass the traffic light you're there.
I passed all my classes this year but I wanted to get higher marks.
The patient may pass away at any moment.
I got my driver's license on the second time I tried to pass the driver's test.
Pass on, please, and do not obstruct the way.
I have a whole box of cigars ready to pass out when my son is born.
This is a golden opportunity we'd be stupid to pass up. Let's get to work and finish it all in one fell swoop.
Was your mock exam score this time within the pass range for your preferred school?
He killed time in a coffee shop watching girls pass by.
I think you fall well within 'cute girl'. You'd easily go and pass in his judgement.
2. figure
Theoretical physics was child's play to Einstein, but he couldn't figure out his income tax.
This figure is supposed to represent Marilyn Monroe, but I don't think it does her justice.
A really perceptive person can figure out a whole situation with just a few clues. That's the kind of person I want you to become.
figure skating
The different character typologies are represented schematically in figure one.
The graph in Figure 1 illustrates the differences in the means of total scores for white and black subject in each grade.
Of course "Hayabusa" is not actually closing in on the Sun, it is just positioned as in the figure so that, seen from the Earth, it is on the opposite side of the Sun; this is called 'conjunction'.
The original qipao covered most of a woman's body, revealing only the head, the hands and the tips of the toes, in order to conceal the figure of the wearer regardless of her age.
German punctuation is pedantic, English punctuation is chaotic, and for Esperanto Dr. Zamenhof suggested we look towards our mother tongue as a guideline. Go figure!
Compare this with Denmark, for example, where the figure is a least two.
if you figure something, you guess it or come to believe it as a result of thinking about it
Lincoln was a major figure in American politics. He's now being paid a six-figure salary.
In the darkness, I frantically reach out towards the receding figure.
Lately the discount airline ticket system has gotten so complicated that there's a lot about it I can't figure out.
It was difficult for a girl with her face and figure to make it across the dance floor without bumping, by only the purest of accidents, into one roué or another.
3. work
The radio doesn't work.
Mother Teresa used the prize money for her work in India and around the world.
After tying up loose ends on the house, the carpenter gave the painter approval to begin work.
I always work alone. I'm just not a team player.
Computers are capable of doing very complicated work in a split second.
Japanese office workers work very hard.
If you want to sound like a native speaker, it'll take a lot of work.
Exhausted from a day's work, he went to bed much earlier than usual.
I was beaten up by a gang of hoodlums on the way home from work.
People who regularly work in the open air do not suffer from sleeplessness.
After a hard day's work, a man can do with a good, hot meal.
I wonder if Tom has ever considered cycling to work.
Tom brings his children with him to work once or twice a year.
The committee stayed up late last night trying to work out measures that would please everyone.
It was bad enough that he usually came to work late, but coming in drunk was the last straw, and I'm going to have to let him go.
4. my doctor