sudden drop; sharp fall; nosedive; swoop
gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
acceleration; speeding up
having an aptitude (for); having a talent (for)
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
details; particulars; whole story; sequence of events; chronology; circumstances
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss
personal; individual; private
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
balance of power (in a relationship); power dynamic
preference; priority; precedence
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
commencing with; including
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
library (usu. single-room); small library
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
while; even though; despite
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
cover; covering; cover song; cover version; coverage; to compensate for (a loss)
spine (of book); binding (of book)
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
space (room, area, outer space)
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
smelling of mold; musty; putrid; old-fashioned; stale; hackneyed
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly