extent; scope; sphere; range; span
floating; buoyancy; fishing float; bobber; buoy; lifebuoy
to strip someone; to help someone remove (clothes)
simplicity; convenience; easiness; quasi-
swimming belt; swimming float; life buoy; swim bladder; air bladder
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
to be at a loss for words
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude
waterpower; running water; falling overboard
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
to find out; to discover; to detect
impossible; unlikely; improbable
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
to smile (at); to grin (at)
undulation; winding; meandering; swell (of waves); surge; billow
common language; lingua franca; standard language (language variety understood throughout a country)
weak point; unskillfulness
preface; introduction; preamble
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
shadow; shade; shading; nuance; shades of meaning; subtleties
innumerable; countless; numberless
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
material; material properties; quality of material; quality of wood; quality of lumber
winding; meandering; zigzagging; zig-zag; in twists and turns; sinuously
observation; survey; watching
weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather
very thick; something extremely thick; thick, heavy thread
electric line; electric cable; power cable; telephone line; telegraph wire
undersea cable; submarine cable
the passage of electric current
electric eel (Electrophorus electricus)