disposal; scrapping; replacement; putting on the shelf; shelving
three times; thrice; many times; over and over again; often
deviation; inclination; offset; polarization; polarisation
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
head; brains; intellect; understanding
looking for something; searching for something; object being sought
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-
seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement
clothes (that one is wearing); wearing clothes
to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain
to begin; to set about; to start
brushing; blushing (blotchiness or milkiness in paint applied to a surface)
to be completely changed (for the worse); to be transformed
awareness that somebody will be hard to deal with; awareness that one is not good at something; (feeling) not up to doing something
worldly wise; sophisticated; street smart; knowledge of the world (acquired in the school of hard knocks); toughness
useless resistance; vain struggle
provisional; temporary; tentative
few decades; many decades; several decades
equipping; installing; fitting; mounting; putting on
to be suspicious of; to be doubtful of; to be dubious of
clever; bright; sharp; wise; intelligent; sagacious
self-defense; self-defence
worm-eaten; moth-eaten; holes eaten in clothing, leaves, etc. by caterpillars, moths, etc.; leaf warbler (any bird of genus Phylloscopus); chiffchaff
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
(random) guess; guesswork; shot in the dark; conjecture
basis for decision; evidence for judging
to be left in the dust (of); to be outdone (by); to be subordinate (to); to play second fiddle (to); to take second billing (to)
giant bird; great person; magnanimous person; hero
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
cannot do a thing; feeling handcuffed; being at the end of one's tether; being at one's wit's end
intensiveness; collecting; summarizing; putting together
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier