just past noon; afternoon
costume; dress; attire; (arch.) interior decoration; (arch.) landscaping; (arch.) furnishing
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
escape route; evacuation route
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
bad condition; not to work out (i.e. a deal); disagreement; break-off; disorder; slump
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
course; route; course (of study); program; lane (in running, swimming, etc.); course (of action); policy
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
in accordance with plans; just as planned
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
either way; in any case; one way or another
to dig your own grave; to bring calamity upon oneself; to put your foot in it
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
high power; high power output; explosiveness; explosive power; instantaneous force
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
rich (in flavor, color, smell, etc.); thick; very likely; highly possible; passionate; hot
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
intelligence gathering; information gathering
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance