possessiveness; desire to monopolize (monopolise); desire for control
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
to beat; to gain a point; to upset
to conceal; to keep secret; to cover up
feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience; having qualms about
(someone else's) child; child; kid
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
being very popular; being in great demand
almost every day; almost daily
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
aggressive; pushy; in-your-face
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
toilet; restroom; lavatory; bathroom
take care of yourself; get well soon; God bless you; bless you
to make someone cry; to move someone to tears; to grieve
entering an institution; beginning training; primer; manual; introduction (to)
handwriting; handwritten; hand-painted; hand-drawn
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
reproachful; resentful; spiteful
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
without cause; without reason
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
decimal; decimal digit; decimal number
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem
flexibility; pliability; softness; elasticity
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
to mix; to stir; to blend