to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
interview (e.g. for a job)
right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...
personal history; curriculum vitae; resume
to pay the bill; to settle an account
empirical; from experience
thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
distortion; falsification; perversion
hostility; antagonism; opposition
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
to use excessively; to use too much; to spend too much; to overwork someone
cripple; disabled person; invalid
abuse; misuse; misappropriation; using to excess
thing that should be (carefully) avoided; no-no; thing to definitely not do; something forbidden; taboo
duty; obligation; responsibility
(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
adhesion; conglutination; collusion; collusive relationship
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation); being immersed in; being absorbed in; prone to; apt to
a little tight; a little snug; a little strong; a little harsh
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
ranking; toplist (e.g. of WWW sites)
first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
useless member of society; hopeless case; failure
joining (an association, agreement, etc.); participation; affiliation; accession
to carry over; to carry forward; to keep (for later); to defer
irritability; feeling of impatience; sense of uneasiness
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
uneventfully; without incident; without a hitch; peacefully
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
deep-seated; deep-rooted; ingrained
abstention; nonintervention; noninterference
trickster (in mythology); trickster; swindler; trickster; magician
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing