dry; dry (tone, humour, etc.); unemotional; dry (of alcohol)
preventive measure; recurrence prevention; relapse prevention
ill feeling; ill will; animosity; bad impression
union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy
sprouts; new shoots; young buds
to pluck; to pick; to nip off
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
liner; line drive; liner; ocean liner; liner (of a coat, etc.); lining
to prune; to trim; to reap (a crop) and put into storage; to harvest; to prune (a manuscript); to cut down
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
euphemistic; circumlocutory; roundabout; indirect
to not understand; to not (quite) know; to be unsure; to be unable to tell
to repent; to be penitent
culture medium; growth medium
correction; revision; compensation (e.g. to a pendulum)
to take the middle (between the two); to split the difference
mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion
(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly
playing dead; feigning death; playing possum
rough-and-ready; knocked-up; hasty; slipshod; slapdash
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
decisive action; going through with; daring to do; carrying out
repetitious; long-winded; heavy (taste); (overly) rich; gaudy (colour, design, etc.); loud
heavy labor; heavy labour; hard work; hard labor (in prison); hard labour
life imprisonment; life sentence
various foreign countries; several foreign countries
one's post; place of work; workplace
employment (long term); hire