to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
not yet known; unknown; strange
science and technology; scientific technique
to need; to call for; to require
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
to accept; to receive; to agree
unique; peculiar; singular
later on; eventually; afterwards
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
absent-mindedly; idly; vacantly; doing nothing
to slide into; to slip into
there being no use in arguing (about it)
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily
world view; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung (philosophy); appearance of a world (e.g. in fiction)
limited; restricted; constrained
insertion; incorporation; infixing
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
contrived; false-sounding
divergence; alienation; deviation; estrangement; separation; detachment
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
to be the ruin of (a person)
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
doing whatever one pleases
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
gradations (on a ruler, thermometer, etc.); division; scale
just a minute; small quantity
Common Era; CE; Christian Era; Western (Gregorian) calendar
extraterrestrial life; ET
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
duty; function; office; mission; task
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...