to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
keeping a secret; secrecy; confidentiality
proposal; motion; recommendation
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
ugly; unsightly; hideous; mean; repulsive; disgraceful
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
to bathe; to receive (an honor, etc.)
use; utilization; utilisation; application
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of
service; ministry; attendance; offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free
self-interest; selfish desire; greed
to dry up; to exhaust (e.g. resources, talent)
exposure; laying bare; exposure; (media) exposure; appearance (on TV, in magazines, etc.)
-like; pseudo-; imitation; counterfeit; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism
to pour into; to wash down (food); to insert (e.g. into a data stream); to integrate
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A
to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.); to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to be harvested; to be picked; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
critical (condition); serious
to concentrate; to focus on; to devote; to stiffen; to become tense
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
to be injured; to sustain a wound
free (of restraint, controls, etc.); free (of charge); freelance; independent; freelancer; one-size-fits-all; free skating
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
supply; provision; service; supply
stimulation (e.g. of an economy); revitalization (e.g. of a town); rejuvenation; activation
usually; under usual circumstances
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
price; cost; value; worth; value
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture