stipulation; prescription; provision; regulation; rule
practical effect; efficacy; efficiency
the front (of a battlefield); forefront
practical; actual; de facto; in essence; in all but name
distortion; falsification; perversion
to succeed; to bear fruit
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
to mistake someone for someone else; to misread; to misjudge
to become inverted; to become reversed
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
performance (e.g. music, dance, pantomime, etc.)
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
creed; belief; conviction; article of faith
rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
splash; spray; chance blow; by-blow; getting dragged into (a quarrel, etc.)
snap (e.g. of the wrist in baseball); snapshot (esp. of people); snap fastener; press stud
overtime pay; overtime money; overtime payment
feeling of food or drink going down one's throat
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
fully loaded; full load; loaded condition
drama; play; powerful drug
chase; pursuit; chase scene (in a movie); obsessive fan who follows a celebrity around; groupie; in (quick) succession
retreat; retirement; depression (hole)
difficult to get into; not be easily influenced into joining some mood or activity
leaving to chance; leaving to fate