to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
example; specimen; sample
pin (e.g. hairpin, bowling pin, golf pin, etc.); one (on dice, in cards, etc.); beginning; best; kickback
column; shaft; cylinder; round pillar (esp. in buildings)
frame; flame (abusive or threatening message)
power; motive power; dynamic force; three-phase electricity
incompletion; incomplete; unfinished
to combine; to join together; to join up; to dovetail together
to see; to look; to watch; to try to
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
release; emission; ejection
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
science fiction; sci-fi; SF
to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
heating; application of heat
equipment; facilities; installation; accommodations; conveniences; arrangements
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
union; coalescence; amalgamation; copulation; penetration
thumb-marked; well-used; well-thumbed; worn-out (e.g. joke); stale; hackneyed
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
to make an enemy (of); to antagonize
wonder; miracle; amazement; prodigy
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super