surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
information discovery; disclosure of information
to get out of hand; to become uncontrollable; to boil over
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
drawing board; drafting board
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; being pinned under; being caught under; model; pattern
to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
fretsaw; coping saw; jigsaw
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
to conform to; to be in accordance with; to follow (rule, tradition, example, etc.)
side of a geometric shape (e.g. triangle or rectangle)
four corners; four ordinal directions
right angle; perpendicular
classification; color coding; colour coding; color keying; colour keying; differentiation using different colors (colours)
to adjoin each other; to sit side by side
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
pessimism; disappointment
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
firm; unshakeable; resolute
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)
to cite as an example; to refer to; to quote
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
nice; good; well-executed
buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking