motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
short pause; short interval
awareness that somebody will be hard to deal with; awareness that one is not good at something; (feeling) not up to doing something
to be pretentious; to put on airs; to show off
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
table of contents; contents
with intense concentration; eagerly; intently; devouringly
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
to finish reading; to read through
counter for books; volume
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
death rate; mortality rate
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
100,000; hundred thousand
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
everyday conversation; day-to-day conversation
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
corresponding to; being applicable to; being relevant to; coming under; falling under; fulfilling (requirements)
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
dictionary; lexicon; (arch.) letter of resignation
from beginning to end; from start to finish; from first to last; end-to-end; all the way through
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability