tool; implement; means; furniture
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to be surprised; to be astonished
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
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)
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
irritating; aggravating; upsetting
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
bang on the money; spot on; right answer
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
demonstration; verification; substantiation; actual proof
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
patching (clothing); darning; cobbling together (other people's writings, thoughts, etc.); gathering
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
even though; despite; when
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")