to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
to read out (e.g. data from a computer or process); to retrieve
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
love romance; love story; romance; romance story; romantic fiction
even if; even though; however; no matter how
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
economical; bargain; good value; good-value
feelings; thoughts; meaning
single word; a few words; brief comment
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
conviction; belief; confidence
opposite side; opposition
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
companion; company; tritagonist
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
sending a ship to the bottom; sinking (a ship); to sink a ship
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
resistance (e.g. to antibiotics); tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to