district; section; sector
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
tension; mental strain; nervousness
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release
chip; microchip; chip (in poker, roulette, etc.); casino token; chip (shot); (wood) chip
to be sorry; to beg pardon; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be filled with awe; to be disconcerted
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
numerical value; numerics; reading (on a meter, etc.)
to put on (of clothing); (lit.) to put (arms) through sleeves
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
adjustment; retouching (in photography)
measurement error; calculation error
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
over the top; thickly; heavily; richly
headgear; headdress; (novelty) mask; head mask
recoil; hesitation; flinching; shrinking back
(some type of) enthusiast; somebody possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
helmet (of a warrior); headpiece
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
disintegration; self-destruction
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
cranial nerves; cerebral nerves
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
brain waves; electroencephalogram; EEG
encroachment; erosion; corrosion
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)