thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
memorial day; commemoration day; anniversary
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
to talk; to chat; to chatter
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
instant; moment; for an instant
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to recall; to remember; to recollect
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
present; gift; to give a present or gift
police officer; policeman; policewoman
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
on the occasion of; at the time of
boy; son; baby boy; young man
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
place where one works; construction site; working area
work; business; company; study
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain