partial; incomplete; imperfect
technical skill; ability; capacity
to be interested in; to take an interest in; to care about
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
to put a stop to; to put a hold on; to put the brakes on; to call a halt to; to block; to shelve
beyond the heavens; farthest regions; furthest regions
pronunciation; production of sound
temporary; provisional; interim
advance; moving forward; progress
flat; level; flat (e.g. in 10 seconds flat); exactly; flat; flat
to add (to); to add on; to append
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
to have a controlling presence; to have a certain aura
mountain range; mountain belt
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
choosing a site (e.g. for industry); deciding on a location; standpoint; position
diviner; sorcerer; exorcist; medium
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
sign; indication; omen; symptom
to show up; to appear; to turn up
to take the lead (in doing); to take the initiative; to be the leader
to follow in succession; to happen one after another
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
considerably; greatly; a lot
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
calculation; computation; bill; check; consideration; allowance
space dust; cosmic dust; interstellar dust
to look downwards; to lower one's eyes
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
to begin; to set about; to start
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
suffix for room numbers; suffix for apartment numbers
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for