false rumor (rumour); false alarm; misinformation
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
grapple; scuffle; fight; defeating one's enemy on the battlefield
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
retention; maintenance; preservation
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; being pinned under; being caught under; model; pattern
leaving the front line; retiring from the game; deserting the battle
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
decoration; ornament; trimmings
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
war; battle; match; game; competition
muscle-brain; meathead; hot-blooded idiot; person who charges in before thinking
putting into operation; invocation
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
with a clatter; with a rattle; empty; bare; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
gargling; rinsing one's mouth
evil spirit; demon; devil
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone; to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass
fall; drop; descent; coming down
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
dust; trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit; hustle and bustle (of life)
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
reopening; resumption; restarting