narrator; storyteller; reciter
guide; tour guide; guidebook; guide (on a fishing rod); guide ring
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
aspect; phase; condition; modality
deficiency; insufficiency; shortage; lack; want; dearth
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
to muster (e.g. one's courage); to call forth; to rouse up; to be enlivened; to be invigorated
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
Age of Discovery; Age of Exploration
preservation; conservation; storage; save (to storage)
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over (something); pondering
to perform some process; to apply some treatment; to revise; to correct
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
while; although; (but) on the other hand; at the same time; opposite side; other side
correct answer; answering correctly; giving a correct answer
prevention; protection (against); precaution
to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation
to be broken; to break; to break (down); to stop working; to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.); to collapse
pickling in salt; food preserved in salt; holding on to (shares, land, etc.) for an extended period until its value increases; leaving unsold; leaving unused
carefully; closely; attentively; profoundly; deeply; at length
raw fish; uncooked fish; fresh fish
long time; long interval; for quite some time
had better ...; had better not ...
perfect score; full marks; perfect; entirely satisfactory; excellent
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
(divine) revelation; divine oracle
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to smile sweetly (at); to look fondly (at)
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
by nature; naturally; by birth; since birth; in one's (entire) life