to get entangled; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated
memo book; memo pad; notebook; notepad; scratchpad; scratch pad
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
not worth considering; out of the question
main theater of war; principal battlefield
environment; circumstance
practical; pragmatic; hands-on; nuts and bolts
to begin talking; to open up
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
precision instrument or machine
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
with a click (door sound); with tenseness or firmness
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
commuting to school; school commute
to overdo; to do too much
elder sister; effeminate man
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
never mind!; don't worry about it
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
reasoning; logic; persuasion
from beginning to end; from start to finish; from first to last; end-to-end; all the way through
rote memorization (memorisation); rote learning; indiscriminate memorizing (memorising)
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
encompassing; covering (exhaustively); including (all of); comprising; comprehending
sputtering; smoldering; repeated thrusting into something (sword, needle, etc.); pricking repeatedly
circuit (electric); cycle (e.g. Krebs cycle)
short; shortstop; short (circuit); short hair; short selling