outline; summary; gist; basic points
investigation (e.g. academically, of the unknown); close inquiry (enquiry)
to fill in a hole; to plug a gap (money, personnel, etc.); to make up for a deficiency; to cover a deficit
to judge; to decide; to solve; to decipher; to divine; to guess
derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible
skill; dexterity; master hand
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize
customer traffic; customers; custom
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
coincident with; while; simultaneously
delightful; joyous; joyful; happy; desirable; welcome
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
already; now; no longer; not any more
region; limits; stage; level
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
ambition; aspiration; desire to improve oneself
glitter; glimmer; sparkle; twinkle
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
finished product; finished goods; completed article
to distribute; to apportion; to divide
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
wild enthusiasm; being crazy about
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
eternal; unlimited; endless
to knead well; to polish; to refine
rice (esp. when served on a plate)
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
strongish; somewhat strong