to maintain itself; to last; to make itself pay; to make a living; to keep going
computer terminology; computer term
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
to be enthusiastic about; to be eager; to be keen
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
(piece of) rope; ordinary method
to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle
main cause; primary factor
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
replacement; substitution; change; shunting (rail); switching
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
to slope; to descend; to slide (snow, etc.)
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
to fray one's nerves; to wear out one's nerves; to frazzle one's nerves; to be a nervous wreck
bodily; physical; corporeal; sexual; sensual; of the flesh
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
on duty; at work; while working
to be extremely sleepy; to be at the brink of falling asleep
to row a boat; to nod off; to doze off
watchdog; chaperone; watcher
prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
measurement error; calculation error
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
fixed date; settlement date
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
to contact; to get in touch with; to check in (with)
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
to make snide remarks; to put into bad mood
to refer to; to use as reference
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)
drizzling (rain); blearily; weakly (blinking); dejectedly; gloomily
reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation
lint (as in a clothes dryer or a pocket); waste thread; fibers, such as might wrap around the gears in small mechanisms and cause them to jam; fluff
period; dot character; period (era, amount of time); period
comma; decimal point; radix point
imperative sentence; imperative statement