to make a living; to earn a livelihood
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
one line; one streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident)
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on)
imaginary; fantastical; visionary; utopian; quixotic; fanciful
abuse; curse; swearing; insult
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full; at a maximum
to blow against; to spray (paint, etc.; onto a surface)
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
to do earnestly; to get serious
neighbour; neighbor; (people in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
pomade stick; stick pomade
mockery; derision; ridicule
decline; ebb; failure; decay; decrease; loss
to lose strength; to become weak; to wither; to droop; to feel demotivated; to lose interest
hack; inferior horse; inferior person; incapable person
adaptation; accommodation; conforming; acclimatization; acclimatisation
windmill; wind turbine; pinwheel (toy); windmill (toy); Clematis patens (species of climbing plant)
last-minute cramming; overnight cramming; (vegetables) pickled just overnight
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
reduction; curtailment; cut; cutback; scaling down; contraction
concentration; density; cardinality
etc.; et cetera; and so on
moment to quit; way to quit
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
invitation; introduction; temptation
to get excited; to rouse oneself; to psyche oneself up; to be eager (to do)
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance
cannot be helped; unavoidable
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
to facilitate; to make easy; to simplify