to be tired of waiting; to wait impatiently
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
to take advantage (of someone's weaknesses, carelessness, etc.); to impose on
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
unique; peerless; invaluable; priceless
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
science and technology; technology; scientific techniques
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
to recognize (by sound); to identify; to differentiate (voices, sounds, etc.); to (listen and) understand; to listen to reason; to be reasonable
being readily aware of rumors and gossip; being quick to learn secrets; having sharp ears; ability to remember everything one hears
nature; the natural world; realm of nature
trivial; trifling; slight; insignificant
to save; to leave over; to spare
the sixth sense; intuition; hunch
what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty
inspiration; afflatus; ability to sense the supernatural (esp. ghosts)
unreliable; uncertain; indefinite; unclear
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
dated; date; date of effect (e.g. a rule change); fixed; external
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
to knock down; to knock off
to rise (suddenly) in the world (to a higher position)
research; study; investigation
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
verification; confirmation; on-site inspection (by a judge, investigator, etc.) to gather physical evidence; verification
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
heart sound; cardiac sound
truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
physical condition; state of health; shape
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
sound wave; acoustic wave
to install; to fit; to (manage to) obtain (someone's agreement, permission, etc.); to get; to patronize (a shop); to buy usually (from the same store)
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence