slow; tedious; sluggish; irritating
library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
discrimination; discernment; identification
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
memory; sense; experience
shot (in films); shot (of alcohol); hitting a ball (e.g. in tennis); shoot (in basketball)
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
agglomeration; clumping together; cohesion (of ions, etc.); flocculation (of colloidal particles); agglutination
cesspool; sink; manure sink
cross; crossing; intersecting; cross (soccer)
crisp; staccato; piquant; clear
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
expansion; extension; elongation; stretching
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
planta; planta pedis; sole of the foot
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
to clear away; to clear land; to prune; to lop off
atmosphere; air; magnanimity; generosity
available; enabled; can be used; may be used
abbreviation; omission; outline; gist; plan; strategy
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
control circuit; controlling circuit
to temper thoroughly; to train well
to pour into; to wash down; to insert (e.g. into a data stream)
event; phenomenon; matter
superscription (on a letter, parcel, etc.); address; overwriting (data, file, etc.)
to be extremely difficult; to present a major challenge
range (of a rifle, missile, etc.)