doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
influence; clout; leverage
at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step
to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in
itching to do something; impatient; sorely tempted; eager
to wrench open; to break open; to pry open; to prise open; to force open
to jump from one thing to another
for show; for appearance's sake; ostentatiously; to look good
thirst; craving; thirst (for love, knowledge, etc.); hunger
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
sight (e.g. of a gun); aim; alignment
most part; greater part; majority
to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.); overcoming; surmounting; bringing under control
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
asafetida (Ferula assafoetida)
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
to have time free; to have time to spare
starting (a machine, engine, etc.); starting (a project, plan, etc.); beginning; initiation
to sit on the edge of one's seat; to be in breathless suspense
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
enough; too many; too much
first place; head position; leading position
hard-liners; diehards; (young) man with traditionally masculine interests; tough boy; hard news; reporter who covers political and economic affairs
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series; -type
acceleration; speeding up
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
on sale; available (to buy)