(power of) understanding; comprehensive faculty
to be ill; to suffer from; to worry about; to be concerned about; to have trouble doing ...; to be unable to ...
school grades; academic results
unconditionally; as a rule
(having) life-and-death power (over)
mixing; mixture; meld; miscegenation
to narrow in (on); to home in; to focus; to target
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
cannot be compared with; no match for
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
elucidation; explicit statement; specification
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze
plate (often as in "tectonic plate")
first meeting; first contest between
first time; first innings; initial attempt; first; initial
to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon
strict; rigid; exact; fair; impartial
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy
transfer; redirection; transmission; forwarding (telephone call, e-mail, etc.)
abuse; misuse; perversion
left side; left-hand side
piece of junk; worn-out article; clumsy; useless; dismantled car; hitting (with fist)
to use as an intermediary; to mediate; to assist; to worry; to mind; to care
lightly and smoothly (of movements); swiftly; glidingly; (progressing) smoothly; (solving) easily
round (esp. in sports, negotiations, etc.); rounds (e.g. nurse, security guard, etc.)
such; like that; in that way
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
(organ) rejection; unthinking dismissal; strong reaction (against)
bloated (esp. stomach); bulging; sticking out; gaping wide; caving in
absconding; taking oneself off; slipping out (home) unnoticed early (e.g. from work, out of parties, etc.)
(move) slowly (e.g. walk); sluggishly; stolidly; ploddingly; heavily
unasked for; unnecessary; uninvolved
to sleep all day; to idle away one's time; to loaf all day