sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
magnification; leverage; amplification; competitiveness rating (e.g. for university entrance); applicant-to-acceptance ratio
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
to start making a noise; to start making an uproar; to go berserk
having said that; on the other hand
business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy
closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling
to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to be prudent; to be complete; to be thorough
paca (any of either species of paca, esp. lowland paca, Agouti paca)
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
confusion; distraction; derangement
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak
without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly
directly under; falling perpendicularly
to push aside; to push one's way through
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
to come off; to slip down; to slip off
to push (a thing) out; to jut out (can have a negative nuance); to protrude; to rise out the trap door (on stage)
makings (of); aptitude (for); groundwork; foundation
rebar; (iron) reinforcing bar; reinforcing steel; reinforced concrete
moule; common (blue) mussel
to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling
small room; closet; cubicle; booth; stall
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
getting wet; wetting; exposure to water
wrasse (any fish of family Labridae)
luxuriant growth; rankness (of weeds)
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
one's self-possession; one's presence of mind
roost; nest; pad; crib; one's home