sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
amount of money; sum of money
moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that
noncommittal; equivocal; indecisive; evasive; ambiguous; vague
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)
(having) life-and-death power (over)
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
contraband; taboo; strictly forbidden
study; research; investigation
local (rain, distribution, outbreak, etc.); localized; regional; isolated
birth; creation; formation
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
to spread; to be propagated
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient
(degree of) seriousness; level of commitment
meanwhile; in the meantime
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
in the same manner as before; the same as always
convenient; expedient; makeshift
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
scissors (in rock-paper-scissors)
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
pulverization; pulverisation; smashing; demolishing
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action