to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
in one's own way or style
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
to distinguish between; to tell the difference between
science fiction; sci-fi; SF
narrow-minded; intolerant; petty
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
cultivation; refinement; culture; education
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
vertical line; bar line (e.g. in music)
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post); to be delivered
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
health; healthy; sound; fit
regarding oneself (as); fancying oneself (as); seeing oneself (as); considering oneself (to be); pretension
anything and everything; all sorts of things; by all means
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
idol group; boy band; girl group
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
to act suspiciously; to behave in a strange way
at once; immediately; right now
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
until now; so far; up to the present
to apologize; to apologise
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
someone haughty and boastful at home but meek and reserved outside; being a lion at home and a mouse abroad
nothing but; none other than
stratum; geological formation; layer; bed (coal, gravel, etc.)
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk