prefix for forming ordinal numbers
victory or defeat; victory and defeat
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate; to dress
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
retention; maintenance; preservation
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
shuffle (of playing cards, etc.); rearranging (in a random order); shaking (a container to mix ingredients, etc.)
cripple; disabled person; invalid
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
deck (e.g. ship, tape, cassette, observation, train vestibule)
careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate
old maid (card game); living without one's mother-in-law
two sheets (pieces) (of paper)
one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
to join together; to combine; to join up
to break the ice; to broach a subject; to bring up a topic
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
because of; owing to; due to
starting point; origin; origin (of coordinate axes); datum point
return (to); revolution; recurrence; regression
chief; main; principal; important
to do everything in one's power; to do all one can; to leave nothing undone; to exhaust one's resources
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
casual; doing something without taking it too seriously
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
boom; bang; wham; Oh my God!; What a shock!
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
to deduct; to take away; to make allowances for something; to bear something in mind; to ebb and flow