to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
to have an audience (with); to have an interview (with); to meet; to see
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
to blow through; to blow across
feeling of fullness; sense of sufficiency; feeling of satisfaction
zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; ardour
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
heavy heartbeat; thumping; pounding
pulsation; pulsatory motion
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)
milli-; 10^-3; millimetre; millimeter
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)
distributary; tributary; branched flow (river, current, etc.)
starting point; point of departure
to decide (e.g. an outcome); to dictate; to determine
inference; deduction; induction; reasoning
underground; subterranean