shutting tightly; making airtight; sealing hermetically
windless; calm; quiet (state of affairs); peaceful; stable
floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)
air con; air conditioner; air conditioning
electrical appliances; electric appliances
cathode-ray tube; CRT; Braun tube
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
bet; wager; stake; gamble
no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as
broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement
digital versatile disc; DVD
patient; unhurried; leisurely
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to blow through; to blow across
drawn-out (protracted) war or contest
to anticipate; to foresee
scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
coal mine; (coal) pit; colliery
you can never be too careful
centre of explosion; center of explosion; hypocentre; hypocenter; ground zero
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
to make an incessant onslaught; to attack incessantly
process; course; mechanism
(divine) providence; dispensation
strong person; the strong; the powerful
loser; defeated person; the defeated