meddling; fumbling; fondling; playing around with something
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; scan (e.g. MRI, PET, etc.)
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
metre; meter; meter; gauge
second (unit of time); arc second
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
running as fast as one can
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
dripping with sweat; bathed in perspiration
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering
point (of a conversation, etc.); sense; hold; grip
older sister; elder sister
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
family structure; family composition; family makeup
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
honour; honor; glory; privilege
footwork; mobility; flexibility; adaptability
to explain; to dispel doubts
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
rational; logical; coherent
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
suppressed laugh; smile; giggle; chuckle
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to press a question; to cross-examine
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke