simple; easy; simplistic; inexpensive; cheap
to lose an easy game; to suffer an unexpected defeat; to lose information
inexperienced; immature; green; grassy-smelling; smelling of raw vegetation
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
halting (speech); faltering; stammering
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
dry; dry (tone, humour, etc.); unemotional; dry (of alcohol)
preventing recurrence (of); preventing from happening again
ill feeling; ill will; animosity; bad impression
union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
nictitation; winking; palpebration; (arch.) moment; (arch.) instant; (arch.) second
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (flyers, etc.); to give out; to shake off (a pursuer, companion, etc.); to give the slip
steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy
sprouts; new shoots; young buds
to pluck; to pick; to nip off
dictatorship; despotism; autocracy; running (a company, etc.) despotically
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
tomfoolery; monkey business
culture medium; growth medium
correction; revision; compensation (e.g. to a pendulum)
to take the middle (between the two); to split the difference
mode (e.g. of a machine); setting; state (of mind); mode (e.g. work mode, study mode); mode; mode
(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly
playing dead; feigning death; playing possum
doubt; skepticism; scepticism; disbelief
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