magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
poor-quality; low-quality; shoddy; low-grade
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
literary fragment; interpreting (and using) a passage without regard to its context
maximization; maximisation
as it is bound to (happen); following the natural course; though possible as it may be
planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up
prediction; prophecy; prognostication
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
thought experiment; gedankenexperiment
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
prevention; precaution; protection against
besides; in addition; also; moreover
to conceal one's true nature or feelings; to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite
peeking; peeping (e.g. through a hole, narrow gap)
belligerence; fighting spirit
fruition; fructification; bearing fruit; bearing fruit (of efforts, plans, etc.); coming to fruition; yielding success
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
attitude to life; form of existence; way of life
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
without (doing); instead of; if (it) isn't done; if (one) doesn't do ...; if not ...; unless ...
distortion; falsification; perversion
underhand grip; backhand grip (e.g. in tennis); unexpected twist; turning the tables (on an opponent)
chestnut-color; chestnut-colour
one tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); one bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); one cluster (e.g. of flowers); one segment (of a tangerine, etc.); one section
to trail (of smoke, clouds, etc.); to hang (of mist, haze, etc.); to lie (over); to linger; to flow (e.g. of hair in the wind)
chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter
dirty smoke; soot and smoke
leg; leg portion; foot (of a page)
pollution; public nuisance; contamination
slow; sluggish; dull; lax; sloppy; lenient
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
single track (railway); single line; solid wire; solid-core wire; single-strand wire
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
ceasing to think; refusing to think critically; giving up thinking (for oneself); going blank; mental block; inability to think clearly