lending (money); finance; loan; adaptability; versatility; flexibility
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
nature; property; disposition
amount of information; information content (information theory); Shannon information; surprisal
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
appointed day of delivery; time for payment
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to pour into; to wash down; to insert (e.g. into a data stream)
black; black (coffee); without cream or milk; exploitative (esp. of employees); overly harsh; boldface
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
combination; assortment (of goods); assorted basket or box (e.g. of chocolates)
support; backing; aid; assistance
catalogue; catalog; inventory; certificate indicating an impending gift
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well
disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
bow and arrow; weapon; arms
present; gift; to give a present or gift
glorious achievement; distinguished service
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
charred; burnt black; scorched black
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
together; at the same time; same; identical
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
under the orders of; by order (command)
closely contested constituency; highly competitive marketplace; (fig.) battleground
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
killing and wounding; bloodshed
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for