plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
reckless; daredevil; frantic; foolhardy
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
composite; combined; complex
to join together; to combine; to join up
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
first lieutenant; lieutenant junior grade
propeller-driven aircraft; prop plane
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
item; heading; category; headword (in a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.); entry
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
to assert; to declare; to list (one by one); to enumerate; to spread rumours (rumors); to go on and on (about)
to make an appeal; to urge
to win over; to win (someone's) heart and mind
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
public relations; PR; publicity; publicizing
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
prudish; strait-laced; boring; square
talk; recital; narration; topic
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
to place in a row; to line up; to list; to enumerate; to talk a lot of nonsense; to tell a lot of lies
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to mix; to stir; to blend
source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
broadcasting station; broadcaster
to be able to manage somehow or another
to read (a book, etc.) over again
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
wall clock; grandfather clock
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime