to bend one's head slightly to one side; to look slightly doubtful
barrier; checkpoint; gateway; hurdle; obstacle; trial
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
audience; spectator; spectators
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
inexpert or untrained eyes
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
firing one shot at a time; single-shot gun; having only one engine; single-engined aeroplane; one-shot (e.g. story); non-serial
gradations (on a ruler, thermometer, etc.); division; scale
is something that; is that which
to begin to fall (rain, etc.)
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; all around; here and there; four sides (of a square)
voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)
to change completely; to switch (to); to shift (to another mode)
beginning of the game; kickoff; face-off
switching over to; migration; transition
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
this (very thing); this precisely
pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
to insert; to interrupt; to slip in a word; to harbor (e.g. doubts); to harbour
multiplication table; times table