without delay; promptly; immediately; forthwith
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
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)
softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (e.g. of vegetables; by depriving of light)
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre
central pillar (of a building); mainstay (e.g. of an economy); backbone (e.g. of a family); provider
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
cautious theory; conservative theory
to make light of; to ignore; to slight
to look down on; to make light of
mall; maul (in rugby); mole; Moor; molding
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
secret; private; surreptitious
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
excessive; unmerited; generous; past participle
to say; to tell; to state; to do
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)
relaxation (e.g. of muscles); becoming flaccid
mixing; mixture; meld; miscegenation
hanging low (over); hovering around (price level); low hanging (e.g. clouds); sluggish (e.g. economy); slump; recession
local (rain, distribution, outbreak, etc.); localized; regional; isolated
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness
series of battles; successive battles
brunt of attack or argument
foolish thought; (one's own) thought; (one's own) idea
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
body; group; party; company; troupe
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
complete denial; complete disavowal; total negation
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
to be grounded on; to be based on; to be due to; to originate from
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
advanced student; advanced learner; advanced practitioner; experienced person