dripping with sweat; bathed in perspiration
thermal power station (i.e. using combustion)
chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter
science fiction; sci-fi; SF
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
aeroplane; airplane; aircraft
no good; not allowed; not acceptable; outtake; blooper; retake
preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling
poor piece of work; rubbish; trash
willpower; energy; vitality
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
try; attempt; try (rugby)
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
strategy meeting; council of war
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
mountain range; mountain belt
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
cast (play, film, etc.); cast (e.g. type conversion)
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
way; method; means; (technical) specification
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete