counter; service counter (e.g. at a bank); counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.); automatically responding with an upload slot to someone who allows you to download (e.g. in P2P systems)
to bewitch; to confuse; to enchant; to delude
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
craving for the limelight
to need; to call for; to require
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply
anything and everything; just about everything
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
(clenched) fist; knuckles
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
abuse; misuse; misappropriation; using to excess
self-indulgence; doing as one pleases
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
completely (beaten, defeated, etc.); thoroughly; utterly; black and blue; to a pulp
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
(eating) heartily; energetically; vigorously; bulging (muscles); welling up (of strength, courage, etc.)
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)