effect; virtue; efficacy; impression
interest (on a loan, deposit, etc.)
to be dripping wet; to get drenched to the skin
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
with no effort at all; easily
outcome (of a course of events); consequence; tendency; trend; drift
flourishing; teeming with culture; aromatic; emitting an aroma
sphincter; sphincter muscle; constrictor
to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)
interval between the waves; gap between waves
three times; thrice; third (musical interval)
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
to sway to and fro; to drift about; to flutter; to be fickle; to be irresolute; to vacillate
feeling of happiness; sense of well-being; euphoria
mixture; jumble; cord made by entwining threads of various colours
grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold
subordination; servitude; servility; subordinate; underling
losing easily; being trounced; being beaten hands down
as a child; when one was a child
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse
blunder; bungle; clumsiness
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
to assign; to allot; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate; to assess
high efficiency; high performance
let's see what you've got; show me what you've got
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
techniques for arresting criminals; arrest technique
along the road; along the way
to get shabby; to go downhill; to go to seed; to go to the dogs
stands; bleachers; stand (e.g. newspaper stand); counter (e.g. lunch counter); stand (e.g. inkstand); desk lamp
street stall; stand; booth
trouble; bother; annoyance