unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
attaching and detaching; putting on and removing
correction; revision; compensation (e.g. to a pendulum)
chugging (a glassful of) a drink in one go
splendid; magnificent; gorgeous
without cause; without reason
outline; summary; overview; synopsis; abstract; abridgment
swing (of a golf club, tennis racket, etc.); swing (boxing); swing
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
to bash; to hit hard; to strike; to beat (someone in battle)
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
at once; there and then; immediately
effect; efficacy; virtue; benefit
exactly; just; precisely; punctually; exactly on time
at once; immediately; right now
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
valuable article; valuables
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
to throw into; to toss into
to give directions; to issue instructions
to wear extra clothes; to dress formally
distrust; mistrust; insincerity; impiety; faithlessness
to bring; to take; to bring about
miniaturization; miniaturisation; downsizing
trial product; prototype model
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
determination; resolution
to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
decision; settlement; definition
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)