compassionate; merciful; benevolent; charitable; humane
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question
multiplication table; times table
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
revival; resuscitation; revitalization; rejuvenation; regeneration
military science; military studies
to study; to complete (a course); to order (one's life); to repair (a fault one has committed)
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
entrusting (something to a person); consignment (of goods); putting in someone's charge; trust; commission
to be out of focus; to be off the point (e.g. of a plan); to have not got the point
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary
infection through contact
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
delay; lag; postponement; falling behind
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
premises; grounds; campus; compound; precincts
mankind; the human creature; fellow creatures
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
inspection; reading; perusal; browsing (the web)
to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
on the occasion of; at the time of
(necessary) personnel; required person
censorship; inspection; examination
tattling; telling on (someone)
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
diminutive; dwarfish; pygmy; narrow (e.g. thinking); small
deed; act; work; performance
to be boiled; to be cooked
elimination; erasure; clearing; elimination (of variables)
process; course; mechanism