remodeling; remodelling; restructuring; modding
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
nursing; nurse; attending; attendant; entertainer
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
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)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
one thin flat object; one sheet
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
telling others; revealing to others; letting out a secret
corridor; hallway; passageway
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
container (e.g. shipping); skip
maze; labyrinth; inner ear
removal (e.g. of a building); dismantling (e.g. a tent); striking (e.g. a stage set); withdrawal (of troops); evacuation; retreating
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
agreement; rules; code; protocol; convention; bylaw
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
to take along; to hold in the hand; to hang (e.g. from the shoulder or waist)
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
long-handled Chinese spear; lance; weapon; arms; grip of a bow; parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde (e.g. music)
seven (long cylindrical things)
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
afternoon session (stock exchange); afternoon trading
armoring; armouring; armor; armour
Qi (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Period of the Warring States); Ch'i
aboard a vehicle; in a car; on a train