counting backwards; calculating backwards; inverse operation; reverse operation
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
operation (of machine); operating; running; working
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
practice; practising; experience
bell (used for summoning or signalling); buzzer
to begin making a sound (ringing, singing, crying, etc.)
to provide; to arrange; to install
hearing (of a statement, opinion, explanation, etc.); asking; questioning (e.g. a suspect); listening (e.g. to the radio)
hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
wired; cabled; communication by wire
shelter; safe shelter; evacuation shelter; place of refuge
to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch
military adviser; military advisor
terrible pain; terrible hardship; terrible suffering
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
young master; son of a high-ranking person
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
what is called; what they call; so-called
appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments; elusive; phantom
to use X as a selling point
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
way of speaking; intimation
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
cave; hollow; cavity; hollow
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
illegal; illicit; unlawful
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
oil sands; tar sands; bituminous sands
construction; architecture (of buildings)
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
quickly, suddenly (while one is watching); before one's eyes
to blow up (i.e. wind); to blow upwards; to spout into the air
thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder
and (also); both ... and; as well as