mobilization; mobilisation
favorable; favourable; friendly; vividly colored; vividly coloured
making doubly sure; insurance run (baseball); points scored for good measure
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen
research division; research club (e.g. at school, university)
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
guardian; protector; patron; parent
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone; to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding
(a) dose; (a) puff; (a) smoke; lull; short rest
puffing (e.g. cigarette smoke); bobbing (to the surface); floating lightly
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
complete denial; complete disavowal; total negation
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
to take off one's glasses
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
to collect information; to gather knowledge
preference; priority; precedence
icicle; ice pillar (for cooling a room); (arch.) ice
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
graduation thesis; bachelor's degree thesis
sharp parting remark; parting threat