to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
observation; survey; watching
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
proximity; nearness; being nearby; approaching; drawing near; coming close
possession; retention; maintenance; holding; keeping
to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet; to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to get in close to one's opponent
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
to multiply; to crossbreed; to cross-breed; to mix (e.g. paint colours)
irregular; unsystematic; unsteady; disorderly
orbit; trajectory; (railroad) track; (right) track; proper course
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity
to slide; to glide; to slip; to skid; to be slippery; to fail (an examination); to lose (a position)
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
after all; in the end; when all's said and done; for the time being; at present
hunting; hunt; gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists)
fortunately; luckily; thankfully
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to put up (with something); (lit.) to clench one's teeth
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
to quiet (a child, crowd, etc.); to quieten; to calm (one's nerves, excitement, etc.); to compose (oneself); to suppress (a rebellion, riot, fire, etc.); to quell
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to cut (someone) down
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
really; truly; indeed; very; extremely; terribly
to bump into; to run into; to encounter; to meet with; to clash (of opinions, people, etc.); to conflict
detour; circumvention; turning movement
icicle; ice pillar (for cooling a room); (arch.) ice
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust