tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
activity; action; occupation; business; sexual intercourse; sex
as it is; plain (truth); bare; undisguised; unvarnished; unexaggerated
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
worth; merit; value; good point; strong point; redeeming feature
-like; -looking; -looked; tending to ...
compass (for drawing circles, etc.); pair of compasses; (mariner's) compass; length of one's stride; length of one's legs
to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum
inorganic matter; inorganic substance; inorganic compound
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
palm tree (any tree of family Arecaceae)
fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light; person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
to peel; to skin; to pare
to call in; to invite; to bring in
eating habits; diet; dietary pattern
creeping (of an insect, etc.); crawling; restlessly; fidgeting; hesitantly; slowly
incredible; extraordinary; exceptional; phenomenal
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
insertion; interposition; interpolation; infix
conservation of electric power
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
less prominent one of a pair; less famous member (esp. of a comedy duo or group); (the one who is) not ...; the non-... one (of a pair)
to cover; to bury (e.g. one's face in hands); to submerge; to fill (completely); to stuff; to pack
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
to look away; to avert one's eyes; to avoid facing (e.g. reality)
pushing through; bulldozing; doing something by force; arm twisting
port city; harbor city; harbour city
safekeeping; temporary custody; claim check; deposit receipt; matter left undecided; unresolved issue
technical; technological; practical
flinchingly; falteringly; being overwhelmed; staggeringly; totteringly; unsteadily