to finish reading; to read through
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
handling (e.g. knife, reins); control; use; dealing with (e.g. customers); management; disposal (esp. sale of goods)
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
rough (estimate, manner, etc.); crude; broad; loose; careless (work)
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
freely; right and left; as one pleases
closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
to watch over; to watch attentively
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
technique; art; skill; move
sudden peal of thunder; thunderclap
great speed; extreme speed; swiftness
crossing; intersection; (genetic) crossing over
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
to kneel down on one knee; to genuflect
to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms
material; substance; matter
astringency; constriction; collecting (e.g. opinions); putting together; extraction (of taxes); convergence (of light); convergence
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
purification; refining; simplification