ground leveling; ground levelling; groundwork; laying foundations
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
persistence; fortitude; indomitability
sense of urgency; feeling of high tension
lament (song); elegy; dirge; Lamentations (book of the Bible)
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
between times; when there's a spare moment
minority group (party); minority
firmly; flatly; definitely (wrong, different, etc.); absolutely; by far; far and away
to thrust down; to push off
criticism; commentary; review
to attract (to oneself, e.g. with bait or light); to draw close; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion; to convulse
to change (with time, the ages, the seasons, etc.); to shift
weighting (in averaging); aggravation
sideslip; skid; shifting to another post (at the same level); sideways move (at a company); sliding sideways down a slope
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
to look slightly doubtful; to look puzzled; (lit.) to bend one's head slightly to one side
rubbing one's hands together
reconciliation; making up (with); making peace (with); being friends again; patching up a quarrel
small quarrel; dispute; run-in; issue; trouble
falling asleep; sleep onset
backward somersault; back handspring; backflip
to give the stamp of approval
prayer for success in an entrance exam
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
to find oneself fearful; to have an awful time
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
to slip out; to steal out; to excel; to stand out
blind spot (on the retina); blind spot; weak point; loophole
having one's back to the wall; having nowhere to go; having no way out; not having another chance
to smell sweet; to be fragrant