10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion; sign; omen; indication
900; nine hundred; (arch.) fool; (arch.) idiot
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
dozens; scores of; decades
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
religious painting; religious picture
distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
spider's thread; spider silk
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
construction; architecture (of buildings)
student (esp. a university student)
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
relief; aid; help; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
many; numerous; various; large number of
very interesting; of great interest
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
checking answers (e.g. to homework problems); verifying one's answers
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
management; administration; operation
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
in detail; with great care; completely; fully
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?