material; substance; matter
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
rolling (something) up by spinning it around; coiling
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
cooperative relation; cooperative relationship; collaborative relationships; cooperative structure; cooperative ties; cooperative alliance
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
top notch; first rate; top-of-the-line; leading
to wind (thread, film, etc.)
breaking down; defeating; abolishing
main spindle; main shaft; linchpin; pivot; principal axis; main axis
beforehand; in advance; previously
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
very likely; very probable
shelter; cover; screen; shield; obstruction; defilade
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
tension; mental strain; nervousness
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)
solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation
to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation; to divide exactly (without remainder); to divide evenly
to assign; to allot; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate; to assess
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
in unison; as one; united
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
smoothly; with a slipping or sliding motion
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly