faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
to disturb; to upset; to ruffle; to stir up; to mess up
important connection; important social foundation; close relation; tight relationship; intimate relation; close link
deployment; spreading out; dispersal
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
battle formation; disposition of troops
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
crossing; intersection; (genetic) crossing over
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
generic; general purpose; all-purpose
to tear off; to strip; to rob
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
wild; growing wild; living in the wild; (arch.) I
sense of smell; olfaction
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet; to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to get in close to one's opponent
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
eagerness; enthusiasm; fervor; excitement; fighting spirit; fighting mood
complication; intricacy; involution; to become complicated; to get entangled
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
divorce; dissolution of adoption
involuntarily; instinctively; without realizing; unconsciously
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
hemiplegia (paralysis on one side of the body)