to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
home area; home town; local
local program; local programme
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
person (esp. child) who watches a lot of TV
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
popular name; common name; given name
in the meanwhile; during the time
beyond one's means or position
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
pushing forward (undaunted, bravely); working vigorously towards an aim; struggling on; striving towards
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
diamond (mineral, gemstone); diamond; infield; diamond (card suit)
diamond; (railway) schedule; timetable; diagram
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
glad countenance; joyful look
to show signs of; to appear
faddist; follow-the-crowd type; poser; trend junkie; sheep
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
maximum; max; mux (multiplexor)
Battlestar Galactica (fictional spacecraft)
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
word ending; way of ending one's words; slip of the tongue; verbal mistake
to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.); to wilt; to droop; to shrivel; to fade (away); to sag
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to deceive; to trick
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
generation; the world; the age
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly