retention; maintenance; preservation
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as ...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
to attract (to oneself, e.g. with bait or light); to draw close; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion; to convulse
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
to get twisted; to get warped; to get distorted; to twist; to warp
use; utility; effect; benefit
obstruction; prevention; hindrance; check; blocking; stopping
various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
roots; origin; one's roots; ancestry
structured (e.g. information); integral (e.g. knowledge); systematic
source of all kinds of diseases
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
hint; suggestion; clue; suggestion
elementary; basic; rudimentary
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
basics; rudiments; elements; ABCs of ...
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
trick; trap; stratagem; intraoperative; during surgery
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
quizzical; puzzled; inquisitive; suspicious; doubtful
agreement; coincidence; correspondence; conformity
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
main cause; primary factor
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
consideration; taking into account
subconsciousness; the subconscious
failure; mistake; blunder
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space