acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
meaning; significance; sense
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
natural; intrinsic; from birth
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
single cell; isolation cell; solitary cell; solitary confinement cell
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
absent-mindedly; idly; vacantly; doing nothing
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
since when; from when; how long
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
bow and arrow; weapon; arms
bull; bulldog; bulldozer; bourgeois; bourgeoisie
to shrivel up in fear; to tremble in fear; (lit.) one's testicles shrivel up
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
before it becomes (verb); before (an undesirable thing occurs)
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
such ... as; or some such
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
to listen to in an ecstasy
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)