technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
dissemination; scattering; sprinkling; spraying
tousled; shaggy (hair); scraggly (beard); dishevelled; disheveled; unkempt
light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms
to finger; to tamper (with)
release; emission; ejection
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
depression; low spirits; luxuriant (of vegetation)
to make do errands; to set to scutwork
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
ceremony held at the end of a school term; end-of-term ceremony
alone; by oneself; on one's own
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
solitude; loneliness; isolation
person with a lot of free time on their hands; person of leisure; idler; loafer
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
to polish up (on); to refine; to hone; to polish (by rubbing)
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
lately; recently; nowadays
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
to assemble (e.g. goods into a set); to gather; to put together
reading but not responding to a text message (in a chat application); leaving (someone) on read