to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
to entrust (someone) with; to pin one's hopes on (someone's future); to have great expectations for; to have (someone) deliver (a letter, etc.); to leave (a message); to send word
derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible
landing place (for aircraft); common ground; compromise; agreement
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
thinking (about a matter) for a long time; contemplating for a long time; lengthy consideration; pondering
at any rate; in any event; either way; anyway
to be too busy; to be occupied; to concentrate on single-mindedly
to stay calm; to keep cool
to shine brilliantly; to shine radiantly
to take a breath; to take a short rest
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards
absent-mindedly; absently; idly; in a subdued voice; in undertones; in a whisper
to interfere; to butt in; to interrupt someone
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
unfortunately; unluckily; regrettably
smallest (in size, degree, etc.); least; minimum; minimal
to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
countermeasure; counter-measure
temporary absence from school
to inflict; to impose (a fine, etc.)
to write out; to express; to describe; to publish
degree (of something); greatness or smallness (of something); quantity; number; amount; size
at the same time; concurrently; simultaneously; coinciding (with)
nagging; critical; talkative; gossipy
taking into consideration; giving consideration (to)
direction; trend; directionality; directivity; goal; aim
to sit down; to take a seat
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
(punishment by) striking with fists
finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first); mince; hitting (e.g. a drum); striking; bashing; criticizing; robbery
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
regrettable defeat; defeat by a narrow margin