hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
to cut corners; to be shoddy
career; carrier (disease, signal, warship, etc.); carrier; telephone company; career government employee
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
format; procedure; way of proceeding
to re-cover; to reupholster; to repaper; to renew (e.g. a plaster)
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
work style; way of working
the way one works; one's working manner
slope; incline; slope (of a linear function); gradient (vector calculus)
drainage; draining; pumping out (water); displacement
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
flat-iron; soldering iron; crimper; curling tongs; trowel
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
number of events (e.g. accidents, crimes, meetings, housing starts, hits on a web page)
rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)
essential part; indispensable part; unavoidable part; front and back matter (of a book, magazine, etc.)
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
and yet; though; when; in spite of
to rock; to shake; to swing
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
hard fight; difficult struggle
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering
in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se
discouraging; disappointing; lacking in thrill
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate