decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
to glare at each other; to confront each other
to think; to use one's head; to exercise one's brains
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in a web browser)
to gain strength; to gather momentum; to be encouraged; to be heartened; to be invigorated; to take heart
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; node (of a plant stem); joint
on the occasion of; at the time of
incitement; sedition; agitation; abetting
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to impersonate someone; to go under a false name; to make fraudulent use of someone's name
impostor; imposter; pretender; liar
insufficient; inadequate; imperfect
to make absolutely sure (that all is right); to use every means; to take all possible measures
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
backward movement; reverse movement; going backwards; retrograde motion
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
priority; preference; preferential right; right of way
priority; order of precedence
stupid; dim-witted; dense; dull; obtuse; slow
being too late; losing one's final chance
100,000; hundred thousand
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
dissemination; scattering; sprinkling; spraying
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
Asian mist (illegal maneuver); (arch.) evil fog
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
losing posture; falling position from which it is impossible to recover; lame duck; hopeless situation
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
haste; hurry; urgency; in a hurry; quickly; with haste
to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied (e.g. physics, linguistics, research)
to settle (a problem); to put an end to (a dispute); to be disposed of; to be settled; to come to an end
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
beyond imagination; unimaginable
to create (a sensation); to cause (a commotion); to give rise to (controversy); to raise (a cloud of dust); to kick up (dust)