maintenance; preservation; improvement
process; course; mechanism
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
time after time; countless times; many a time; dozens of times
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
end (e.g. of a line); tail end; rear; backmost part
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
section; cross section; profile
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
questions and answers; dialogue
to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)
to torment; to torture; to harass
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
to scatter away; to vanish
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
to be lured; to be tempted; to go along with somebody's suggestion; to be talked into doing
optimization; optimisation