amount of information; information content (information theory); Shannon information; surprisal
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
quickly adaptable; pro-active
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)
correction; rectification; mending; repair
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
pointed knife; logging; cutting; (beef) scraps; starting to speak; extraction (of a portion of a media file)
feeling keenly; fully realizing
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
needle (compass, gauge, etc.); hand (clock); indicator; guiding principle; guideline; guide
serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
every other; second; alternate
-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 be oversized (overloud, etc.)
to take someone's life; to kill someone
(musical) time; tempo; beat; the moment; the instance; chance
superscription (on a letter, parcel, etc.); address; overwriting (data, file, etc.)
learning by watching others; learning by imitation
patterns of thinking; train of thought
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
control; bringing under control; settling (a matter); putting in order
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
commitment; pledge; promise
euphemistic; circumlocutory; roundabout; indirect
hasty; rash; rushed; hurried; impatient; impetuous
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
to need; to call for; to require
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
full operation (e.g. factory, machine, reactor); full strength; full speed
to concentrate one's effort (on something)
to spend time (on doing something)
to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress