reservation; putting on hold; deferment
scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)
social page (of newspaper); local news page
to make one's own; to take possession of
symbol; sign; (secret) price mark; secret language; code
to put on airs; to act big; to throw one's weight about; to be overbearing; to be domineering; to be bossy
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
round; circular; spherical; mellow (flavour, voice, etc.); mild; smooth
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
dining; dining room; meal
choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion
to kill; to choke the life out of
one's last moments; (on) the point of death; (on) one's deathbed
crude; unrefined; coarse; ill-mannered; rude; insensitive
taste (of a liquid, esp. alcoholic beverages); someone who enjoys alcohol; place one's lips touch on the rim of a cup; shape of one's mouth when drinking; tap; faucet
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
excess; surplus; superabundance
to engage (with); to be in gear (with); to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength
manual labor; manual labour; manual procedures
millilitre; milliliter; mL
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
to have (something) innate; to be born with
to call again; to call someone back
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
earthenware; porcelain; china; pottery; crockery
gradations (on a ruler, thermometer, etc.); division; scale
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
measurement error; calculation error
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
to outwit; to get the better of; to overcome a superior opponent and leave him speechless
clockwise rotation; CW; right-handed rotation
systematic; regular; routine
human work; human agency; art; artificiality
container; receptacle; vessel; packaging