gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
mechanization; mechanisation
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
inducing; causing; triggering; giving rise to
putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
administration (of medicine); giving medication
surgery; surgical procedure
precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
singing of insects (esp. in autumn); sound of insects
small stream; brooklet; murmuring (as of a stream)
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
rustling of leaves; rustling of grass
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
method; way; manner; process; procedure; means
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
to hesitate to say; to hem and haw; to falter in one's speech; to be stuck for a word; to mumble
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
laboratory animal; experimental animal
bursting with youth and energy (esp. young woman); vivaciously young; (fish) jumping around energetically (e.g. when caught in a net); bursting (e.g. seams); tight; splattering (e.g. cooking oil)
to jump; to leap; to splash (of oil, mud, etc.); to spatter; to burst; to crack open
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
guarantee; security; assurance; warranty
whole nation; whole land; whole country
to mix (with); to be mixed (together); to be mingled
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
meal eaten without doing any work; unearned food; (fig.) living idly
to be angry; to resent; to be enraged; to be indignant
to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize
(any) more; further; in addition (to this); at this stage; now; now that things have come to this
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
to extend; to expand; to spread out
to become unrestrained and go to excess; to lose all restraint; to lose one's tension and become relaxed; to let go; to become disorderly; to be scattered
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service