estimation; rough calculation
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
proficiency; mastery; becoming proficient (in)
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
minute adjustment; fine tuning
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
rough (estimate, manner, etc.); crude; broad; loose; careless (work)
gauge; standard; length; size; (measuring) rule; scale
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
severe (injury, handicap, etc.); serious
ago; since; before; previous
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
generation of heat; (attack of) fever; pyrexia
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
to be fascinated (by); to be captivated by; to be enchanted by; to gaze admiringly at; to watch in fascination
to begin; to set about; to start
light; easy; non-serious; minor
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
light; faint; pale; fleeting
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
device; equipment; machinery; apparatus
technique; art; skill; move
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
to repeat; to do something over again
careful; elaborate; scrupulous
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
other than; excluding; without
to need; to demand; to take; to require
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to become better; to improve
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
exactly as stated; verbatim
rest; break; recess; intermission