betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
able; capable; competent; able person; person of ability
to express (in words); to confess
uncleanness; impurity; disgrace; shame; uncleanliness from contact with death, pregnancy, menstruation, etc.
minimum; lowest; minimal; least
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
faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little
safety zone; buffer (e.g. against defeat)
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
just above; right overhead
to splash; to raise (e.g. prices)
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
necessary; indispensable; must-have; must; juice of grapes or other fruit prior to fermentation into wine
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
overturning; capsizing; overthrow (e.g. of a government)
to apologize; to apologise
misrecognition; mistaking (x for y)
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
to exert (influence); to exercise; to cause (e.g. damage); to do (e.g. harm); to bring about (e.g. benefits); to extend
to be prolonged; to drag on
to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by
drawn-out (protracted) war or contest
very great; enormous; serious
double extra-large; 2XL; XXL
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
unimpressive; unimpressed
carrying out one's words; being as good as one's word; making good on one's promise
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope
to shake and untangle; to shake free from
firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance