data collection; data acquisition
insufficient; inadequate; imperfect
to manage something successfully; to be successful
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
shy; bashful; timid; reserved
lukewarm; tepid; lenient; (arch.) slow; (arch.) stupid
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
metabolism; renewal; regeneration; replacing the old with the new
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
temperature; body temperature (human, animal)
pulse; pulse rate; pulsation; stroke of pulse
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
concentration; thickness; density; cardinality
striking; remarkable; considerable
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
ago; since; before; previous
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
catch; catching; catch; shop tout; puller-in; catching (in swimming and boating); catching the water
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene
pouring one's energy into; focusing one's efforts on; concentrating on; committing oneself to