round shape; circle; circular form
plural; multiple; several
acceleration; speeding up
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
minimum; minuscule; local minimum
power supply; power distribution
use; utilization; utilisation; application
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
female university student; female college student
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
finding employment; getting a job
hard lump under the skin (e.g. adipous tumor, lymph node tumor, etc.); grinding against; pressing or rubbing with turning movements (e.g. someone's shoulders with one's elbow); rolling one's eyes; goggling one's eyes; rattling sound
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling
to become serious; to take something seriously (joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (usu. at something trivial); to get worked up
setting a question (for an exam, quiz, etc.); setting a theme (for composition of poetry)
that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go
hold; catch; connection; relationship; unease; discomfort
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
nuclear power generation; nuclear electricity generation
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
evaporation; disappearance (of people intentionally concealing their whereabouts); unexplained disappearance
output (electrical, signal, etc.)
calamity; disaster; misfortune
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
fine split (e.g. in wood); hangnail
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
to grieve over; to mourn; to lament
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; confusion