to pester someone (e.g. to buy something)
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh
telescope (variety of goldfish); telescope eye; demekin
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
steering (of a boat); steerage
character style; character form
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
crew member; crewman; crew
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
ship's captain; skipper; length of a ship; boatman
window-side; window (seat, e.g. on a plane)
change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)
less than ...; smaller ...
scrapped vessel; decommissioned ship; hulk
change over the years; aging; ageing; secular change
double doors (opening from the centre); double-opening from the centre (of doors, casement windows, etc.); filleting fish, chicken, etc. with a central cut and peeling back the flesh
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
frank; candid; frankfurter; frank
welcome; (warm) reception
(giving) birth; childbirth; native (of); product of; produced in; assets
cruise; navigation; sailing
operation (of a machine); running; working (and earning money); workload; deployment (e.g. to a production environment); release
waterproofing; making watertight
barrier wall; bulkhead; partition; septum; diaphragm
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)
pilothouse; wheelhouse; steering house
ocean conditions; oceanic conditions
righting moment; restoring force; stability
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
sharp turn; tight turn; steep turn
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
each place; various places
temporary; transitory; short-lived
access (to a place, esp. using public transport); access (to a website, data, etc.)
from the beginning; from scratch
tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
cutting in round slices; round slice; dividing into groups (e.g. by ability)