to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict
interruption (e.g. of a conversation)
prudence; judgement; sense; discipline; care; control
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
empty grain husk; immature ear (e.g. wheat); hollow object; unripe fruit
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to understand (each other); to comprehend
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
to cut off the head of a sleeping person; to assassinate someone while they sleep; to catch someone off their guard by setting traps
public announcement (in a department store, etc.)
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
fair and square; open and aboveboard
knowing; (an) acquaintance
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
caster; newscaster; news anchor; anchorman
mass communication; mass media
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain; England
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
truth; reality; seriousness; logical truth; printed style writing; star performer
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
working without pay; free service; work for nothing
in the middle of something; busy with something; in commotion as a result of something untoward happening; currently importing or capturing data