shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
to pin down; to immobilize; to immobilise; to control; to suppress
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
numerical value; numerics; reading (on a meter, etc.)
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to cut in (printing)
putting into operation; invocation
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
street stall; stand; booth
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
than; from; out of; except; but; more
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
number one; first; best; most; game; round
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to burst (e.g. a boil)
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
belief; conviction; opinion
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
use; utilization; utilisation; application
declaration; indication; representation; manifestation; demonstration; expression
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
reality; actuality; hard fact