to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
reproachful; hateful; bitter
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; in a whisper
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
kerosene; paraffin; lamp oil
squelching; gurgling; bubbling; raking in (money); rolling in; hand over fist
single word; a few words; brief comment
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
to put on airs; to assume importance
to begin talking; to open up
naked eye; the physical eye
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
environment; circumstance
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
distant look; faraway look
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots
many; much; plenty; hardly
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
iron rod; iron bar; iron club; horizontal bar (gymnastics)
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)
voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)
radio wave; reception; signal; saying strange things
to go out and away; to leave