patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy
to lend; to loan; to let out on hire
manufacturing cost; production cost
to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to
short supply; supply shortage
condition; state (of health); appearance
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry
direct control; direct supervision
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
(one's) life is not in danger; not life-threatening
path through forest; woodland path; logging road
using every trick (in the book)
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
intelligence operative; spy
kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus
footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
anyway; either way; one way or the other; whichever; whatever
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
second; secondary; quadratic (function, equation, etc.); second-order
disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
to throw; to toss; to hit; to strike; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles)
gentle clinking; sound of rapping; sound of rattling; simmering noise; light bubbling; sound of cooking something on a low flame
to boil well; to stew; to simmer (for a long time); to cook (various ingredients) together
unable to concentrate on (due to distractions, etc.)
failed creative work; flop; dud; bomb
toxicity; virulence; toxic; virulent; poisonous
method of treatment; cure; remedy
quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
to be photographed; to be projected
careful; elaborate; scrupulous