drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
comic actor; comedian; comic performer
great person; eminent figure
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
to quicken one's pace (steps)
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
complete; whole; perfect; safe
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
curiously enough; oddly enough; strange to tell
chief; main; principal; major
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
possession (by a spirit, demon, etc.); dependence (on)
camera shake; picture blur; deviation; slight shifting
gale; strong wind; swift wind; fresh breeze (Beaufort scale)
to well up; to burst; to arise
rail (track); (curtain) rail; track (for a sliding door); groundwork; spadework
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)
counter for laps or circuits; perimeter; Zhou dynasty (of China; approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty
to return a punch; to strike back; to hit (the ball) straight back; to plow up; to plough up; to renovate (cotton fabric)
paper-thin (difference); razor-thin; very slight
to parry; to sidestep; to dodge
to drive (e.g. horse, carriage); to control; to manage
to shoot dead (with an arrow)
unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with
helper; assistant; help; assistance
to pretend; to act (as if)
orbit; trajectory; (railroad) track; (right) track; proper course
storehouse; warehouse; godown
defence mechanism; defense mechanism
defense; defence; protection
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
besides; moreover; in addition; to make matters worse
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
composite; combined; complex
selecting a suitable person; personnel selection