rate; ratio; one tenth; ten percent; (comparative) profit; gain; assignment
failure; mistake; blunder
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
need for caution; need for care; requiring special attention
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
hit-and-run tactics; striking and immediately retreating
(not) very; (not) so; (not) very much; (not) particularly; (not) especially
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
points of improvement; improved areas; points needing improvement; problem areas
somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; impulse
then; well; so; well then
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
state (of affairs); situation; appearance; look(s); sign; indication
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
movement (of the body); action; bearing; carriage; operation (of a machine, software, etc.); running
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
to become better; to improve
flying; leaping; zero; naught; flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo); jump
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
the problem (at issue); the point at issue; problematic issue; problem