compression; condensation; constriction; compaction
nice; likeable; desirable
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
I've got to be going; I must go
drivers cab; operator's cab
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
to be lit (e.g. electricity comes on); to be lighted; to catch fire
it is not possible (to, that); there is no such thing as
admiration; wonder; astonishment
formal; stiff; pompous; stern; solemn; grave
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
clear; precise; definite; distinct
single seater (e.g. boat, aeroplane, airplane)
polar regions; the pole; farthest land; ends of the earth
zero degrees (Celsius); freezing point; zero (on a scale)
to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)
without losing time (e.g. to do); without even time for (doing something)
to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
to comfort; to console; to amuse