to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
to be fascinated (by); to be captivated by; to be enchanted by; to gaze admiringly at; to watch in fascination
a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection
difficult problem; challenge
symptomatic therapy; allopathy; makeshift solution; stopgap measures; temporary expedient
phone scam involving a pretended relative
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
having no memory of (having done something); having nothing to do with; having no knowledge of; knowing nothing about
after a short time; in a short while; a short time later
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
offender; criminal; culprit
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; expectation; anticipation
X mark (indicating an incorrect answer, disagreement, cancellation, etc.)
to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form); to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board); to store; to write (data); to flash
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
to take pains; to take time for someone; to do work for someone; to go to trouble for someone
to turn completely into; to become completely
large sum (of money); large amount; large denomination (banknote, etc.)
soldier; warrior; person of courage; strong person; very capable person
at this stage; at this point; (only) now
distinctive; characteristic
to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over
to scam; to defraud; to swindle; to cheat
ceremony held at the end of a school term; end-of-term ceremony
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
general manager; GM; guided missile; genetically modified; GM
summertime; summer season
one's physical safety; personal security
nothing in particular; none in particular
beautiful (of one's appearance, voice, bearing, etc.); lovely; heartwarming (of a relationship, state of affairs, etc.); beautiful; wonderful
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking