to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
very; greatly; exceedingly
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
state; condition; circumstances; sight; spectacle
characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen-
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
to spur (on); to expedite; to encourage
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
greatest common divisor; GCD
Numbers (book of the Bible)
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
foreign country; foreign land; strange land; far-off land
merman; half man-half fish
believer; adherent; devotee; fanboy; fanatic; superfan
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
secret (recipe, medicine, etc.); mysteries (e.g. of an art)
(a) Philistine; Philistine people
fishing industry; fishery
Samson and Delilah (film)
Judges (book of the Bible)
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong
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
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to exchange (things); to convert (currency); to be in contrast (to); to contrast (with)
desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; being pinned under; being caught under; model; pattern
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
to wait for one's chance; to wait for an opportunity