slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
to give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation
talking about one's love interests; girls' talk; gossiping
difference; disparity; gap
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
invitation; introduction; temptation
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
planned; scheduled; systematic
very; much; greatly; a lot of
advance party; advance team; advance group; vanguard unit
stinging hair (of a nettle, caterpillar, etc.)
iron plate; steel plane; sure thing; certain winner
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
to tinker with; to fumble with; to twist up
to feign ignorance; to pretend one doesn't know
suspicious-looking; fishy
emergency measure; emergency procedures; first-aid treatment; stop-gap treatment; temporary repairs
trial product; prototype model
incompletion; incomplete; unfinished
trend; course of action; directionality; directivity; directional; vectorial
entire world; whole world; world stage
(not) even when using ...; (not) even with the help of ...; (not) even by ...
failed creative work; flop; dud; bomb
to not believe one's ears
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; the four and eight kinds of suffering
base unit; main telephone (esp. when there are extensions)
(telephone) extension; additional telephone handset; portable handset; cordless telephone
expert; skilled hand; person of experience
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
aim; goal; prospect; outlook
pending question; unresolved problem
memory; ability to remember
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
useful thing; usable article
complete recovery of health
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
to refuse; to decline; to deny