to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
sudden drop; sharp fall; nosedive; swoop
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!
superscription (on a letter, parcel, etc.); address; overwriting (data, file, etc.)
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
the stricken area; damaged area
stoppage; interruption; cessation; suspension
stricken area; disaster-stricken area; affected area; afflicted area
clear solution; clean decision
return; reversion; comeback; carriage return
around the world; throughout the world
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
training; education; development; cultivation
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
studying abroad; (temporarily) studying at another school (to learn a specific skill)
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to cut (someone) down
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)
armed forces; military; troops
police; police officer; police station; self-appointed enforcer (of a rule, standard, etc.); busybody
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
directly under; falling perpendicularly
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
holding something on one's palm or hand (esp. small animal or bird)
(the) second (party, rank, etc.); B (grade); stylish; chic; strange; quaint
he; she; this; this one; hey, you!; you bastard!
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
proof; evidence; sign; witnessing; testifying; testimony
show; display; pretensions; pose; posture
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
to be set up (completely); to be put together; to be composed (e.g. type)