prevention; precaution; protection against
minimum; lowest; minimal; least
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
indulgence (esp. in the Catholic Church); excuse; justification; rationalization
to stop; to quit; to put an end to
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
liking both alcohol and sweets; person who likes both liquor and sweets; bisexuality; player who can play as both pitcher and fielder; dual sword wielding; two-sword fencing
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice
place where one works; construction site; working area
both repellant and attractive at the same time; both cute and disgusting
fourteenth day of the month; fourteen days
gender; distinction of sex; sex
broke; poor; short; skint; having no money
to pay for another; to pay someone else's debt as a loan to him; to make temporary payment on a person's behalf
image change; changing one's image; makeover
large-scale operation; large-scale campaign; major mission
to make use of; to lend money
stingy; mean; narrow-minded; petty; shabby; poor
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
pouring one's energy into; focusing one's efforts on; concentrating on; committing oneself to
analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse
pessimism; disappointment
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
public (attention, recognition, etc.); social (standing, acceptance, etc.); worldly (fame, desires, etc.)
straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly
fast walking; semi-jogging
freebie (e.g. with a purchase); something additional; price reduction; discount; exaggeration
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
too large (clothing); baggy; bulging; warping; parp; toot