the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
vagrancy; vagabondage; wander around
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to carry out to completion; to carry through; to see (something) through; to complete; to accomplish
practical problem; practical matter
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
diligent; earnest; attentive to detail; brisk (working, moving); frequent (e.g. checking)
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected
tenacious; persevering; persistent; sticky
desperation; struggle to the death
the last moment; the very end
way of reciting; way of telling a story
person who has great confidence (faith) in himself
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
to provide momentum; to give a boost to; to encourage; to spur; to stimulate
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
one's bosom friend; kindred-spirit
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
to darken; to get dark; to be clouded; to be hidden (behind clouds)
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
large text that appears in ads or brochures to catch the reader's attention (in copywriting)
big hit; smash hit; popular item (e.g. movie, music)
foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead
to come back; to bloom a second time
improved version; variant (of a pathogen)
to look forward to something
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!