adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
belief; faith; adherence; espousal
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
if you think about it; come to think of it
on the occasion of; at the time of
selecting a suitable person; personnel selection
bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
racing (of an engine); idling; spinning (without grabbing; of wheels); going round in circles (of an argument, discussion, etc.); going nowhere; being fruitless
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to draw (someone) close to one's breast; to pull close to one; to take into one's arms; to embrace
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
highly unpredictable; touch and go
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
energy; vitality; mental determination
other than; excluding; without
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
terminus; last stop (e.g. train)
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
to destroy; to break (by striking); to smash; to ruin (a plan, atmosphere, etc.); to spoil; to wreck
to get tired of; to tire of; to lose interest in; to become sated; to become satiated; to have one's fill
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
to keep (something) a secret; to keep hidden (forever); to continue to conceal
to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion
tightly; exactly; precisely; close-fitting (e.g. suit); firm (body); lean
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
tuning (an instrument); temperament
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre