belt (worn around the waist); (machine) belt; belt; zone
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
not completely unthinkable; not impossible
there is nothing; having nothing
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
precarious situation; precarious state
to be broken; to break; to break (down); to stop working; to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.); to collapse
sputtering; smoldering; repeated thrusting into something (sword, needle, etc.); pricking repeatedly
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable
explosion; detonation; blast; outburst (of emotion); explosion (e.g. of anger); eruption (e.g. of discontent)
to suck; to draw out; to aspirate; to start to suck; to begin sucking
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
connotation; comprehension; intension; inclusion; containment within
curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
retention; maintenance; preservation
proposal; motion; recommendation
spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
preservation; conservation; storage; save (to storage)
authenticity; credibility
scholar; academic; scientist; learned person; person of learning
corpuscle; minute particle; particulate
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten duodecillion; original; positive
historical; traditional; historic
breakthrough; great discovery
hereabouts; around there; that area
outside of one's area of expertise; outside one's field
with a pat; with a tap; with a pop; with a crack; casually (throw); carelessly
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
to oil (e.g. chains, hinges, etc.)
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation (to one's fate); acceptance; observation and contemplation