boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
wand; (riverine) lagoon; fluvial lagoon
conductor's stick; conductor's baton
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
form; shape; figure; visage
imagination; supposition; guess
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
ability; performance; efficiency
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
dissatisfied-looking; looking discontented
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
portion; potion (e.g. magical)
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
mixing; compounding; dispensing (e.g. prescription)
utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
medical care; medical treatment
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
picking; collecting; harvesting
sample; specimen; test piece
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
to attempt; to test; to try out