ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
to serve as a reference; to provide useful information; to be helpful; to be informative; to be instructive
shaft; axle; mandrel; arbor; centre of a group
(physically) pushing and pulling; back-and-forth (in a negotiation, contest, etc.); push-pull (manual zoom or focus mechanism on a lens); weighing whether to attack or defend (with one's hand); haggling (over price); bargaining
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
result; effect; performance; workmanship (of an article); execution; shape and quality
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
wedge; chock; linchpin; tie; bond
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in (e.g. mud); to get bogged down in; to get lodged in
contact area (of an electrical connection)
elaborate; delicate; exquisite
finish; finishing; finishing touches
opposite side; other side
good-natured; kind; good-quality
ability; capability; skill
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
number of people; population; human head
to get along (with someone); to be like-minded; to be congenial
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
appraisal; estimation; evaluation; setting prices
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
level; standard; water level
clearing one's throat; cough
income; earnings; revenue; proceeds; takings; receipts
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
deferment (e.g. of savings); leaving (something) as it stands; unredeemed; unredeemable; irredeemable
contempt; scorn; disdain; despising; looking down on; slighting
provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
to stare back (at); to glare back
to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed
quickly (e.g. pushing up one's glasses); with a light pull; with a sharp tug (e.g. at a sleeve)
(breaking) with a snap (of a thread, rope, etc.); (ending) suddenly (of a call, communications, etc.); breaking out (of a pimple, swelling, etc.); pricking (e.g. with a needle)
to crush to death; to press to death; to squeeze to death; to suppress (a laugh, one's anger, etc.); to stifle; to subdue (one's voice)
to stop; to quit; to put an end to
to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession