minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough
to be grounded on; to be based on; to be due to; to originate from
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
disappointed; dejected; disheartened; indignant; angry
repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well
to make an example of; to make a victim of; to hold up somebody (something) to ridicule; to pierce with a spear
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
(one's) workload; amount of work (to be) done by one
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
selfish; egoistic; self-serving; self-interested
the public; general public
(in the) presence (of); in front (of); before (someone)
to press a question; to cross-examine
so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
to smile broadly; to grin widely
waypoint (e.g. with a GPS); checkpoint
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
to start work (on); to undertake; to start committing a crime; embarkation; launch
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
speech and conduct; words and deeds
to encloud; to make dim; to make dull; to tarnish; to obscure; to darken
employment (long term); hire
genius; prodigy; natural gift
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
conformity; compatibility; adaptability; congruity; congruence
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item