leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
tightly; exactly; precisely; close-fitting (e.g. suit); firm (body); lean
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
to be too numerous; to be too much
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
engaging in (work); pursuing (e.g. studies); following (a profession); being involved in
number of persons; personnel
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
careful; elaborate; scrupulous
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
bearing; heading; point of the compass
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
to send or direct a person to
magnification; leverage; amplification; competitiveness rating (e.g. for university entrance); applicant-to-acceptance ratio
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
being out of time; passing the deadline; time-out
what little ... one has; tiny amount of; paltry
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
forcibly; against one's will
mechanism; mechanics; machines; mechanic
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)