resuming work after the New Year's vacation; first time that one works in the year
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
overheated; hyper-; overearnest
tolerance level; permissible range; acceptable limits
constant attendance; uninterrupted supervision; staying with someone all the time
to care for someone; to look after someone
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
something wrong; something unusual; abnormality; disorder; trouble; change
two kinds; second-class (e.g. mail)
battlefield; battleground
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver
omen; portent; sign; presage; harbinger; premonition
precursor; premonitory phenomena; telltale signs; advance warnings
appearance; emergence; advent; arrival; showing up; coming to existence
perception; sensing; noticing
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
Full speed ahead!; Full steam ahead!
obviously; of course; it goes without saying
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient in some way; lacking something
absence; disregard; indifference
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)
spot; point; place; position
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
type of vessel; design of a ship
capture; seizure; prehension; apprehension; understanding; grasp
correlation; interrelation
second (unit of time); arc second
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
comma; decimal point; radix point
minimum; lowest; minimal; at a minimum
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
(distant) future; future existence; world beyond the grave; future (tense)
rational; reasonable; logical
helm; (ship's) steering wheel
correction; rectification; mending; repair
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical