to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
inveigling; ensnaring; enticement; cajoling
abundant; ample; plentiful; lustrous; glossy
to enter into a person's feelings; to guess what somebody feels (using one's intuition)
(not) so much; (not) that much
free and uncontrolled; behaving with abandon; freewheeling
difficult problem; challenge
the three Rs; reading, writing and arithmetic
abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning
trial product; prototype model
study; learning; tutorial
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
man; male; masculine gender
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
relief; mitigation; alleviation; relaxation (of restrictions, tensions, etc.); easing; softening
love of learning; desire for learning; passion for knowledge
significant; useful; meaningful; worthwhile; valuable; of interest
cavern; cave; cave system; grotto
minimum limit; the lowest degree (possible, allowable, etc.)
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
fantastic; bizarre; incredible; unbelievable
inquisitive mind; spirit of inquiry; spirit of enquiry
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
main question; real issue at hand
natural; reasonable; obvious
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
harmless and inoffensive; bland; tepid
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution
research establishment; research institute; laboratory
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money