lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
to be helpful; to be useful
affection; love; fondness; tenderness
addition; adding; supplement
calculating; sly; cunning; flirty; flirtatious
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
humanities, social sciences, and fine arts; liberal arts
swift attack; quick attack; fast break; right away; without delay; immediately
regular (periodic) examination
supplementary examination
promotion (school, military, etc.)
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run
that's the way it is; such is life
straightforwardly; readily; without hesitation
absolute basics; very rudiments
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
to come back (to); to return to a starting point
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain
conscious; deliberate; intentional
to weave together; to interweave; to intermingle
long; drawn-out; very long
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
to moisten; to wet; to profit; to enrich; to benefit
to that extent; to that degree; that much; that many
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis (philosophy)
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling