to draw through one's hand; to stroke (e.g. a beard); to work someone hard; to masturbate
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
finished product; finished goods; completed article
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
pleasant feeling; good vibes
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
to jump up and down; to hop
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
briskly; quickly; promptly
to jump upon (a moving object)
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
well done!; good job!; good work!; you did it!; bravo!
to be helpful; to be useful
both; both sides; both parties
future (usually near); prospects
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
to hand over; to surrender
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
to play a leading role; to play a central part
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
sphere; counter for balls
influenced (by); under an influence
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize