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improvement (e.g. in skill, ability), advance, progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank

that is to say, that is, in other words, I mean, that (this, it) means; in short, in brief, to sum up, ultimately, in the end, in the long run, when all is said and done, what it all comes down to, when you get right down to it, basically; clogging, obstruction, stuffing, (degree of) blockage; shrinkage; end, conclusion; dead end, corner; distress, being at the end of one's rope

rabbit, hare, coney, cony, lagomorph (esp. leporids)

deep (colour), dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency), dense; strong (possibility, etc.); thick (i.e. "as thick as thieves"), close, deep (love, etc.)

cheek (of the face)

memorization, memorisation, learning by heart

to freeze, to become frozen, to freeze over

throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book); fish; counter for fish

hard, solid, tough; stiff, tight, wooden, unpolished (e.g. writing); strong, firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe, steady, honest, steadfast; obstinate, stubborn; bookish, formal, stuffy

verb

second (unit of time); arc second

noise, sound

to eat; to live, to make a living, to survive; to bite, to sting (as insects do); to tease, to torment, to taunt, to make light of, to make fun of; to encroach on, to eat into, to consume; to defeat a superior, to threaten a position; to consume time, to consume resources; to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event); to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time

to spread (out), to extend, to stretch, to reach to, to get around, to fill (e.g. a space)

to be based (on), to be founded (on), to be grounded (on), to be in accordance (with); to be due to, to come (from), to arise (from), to originate (in)

to face (each other), to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.), to be in response to, to be related to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with, to contrast with, to be in opposition with, to be opposed to; to confront, to oppose, to compete with

pity, sorrow, grief, misery, compassion, pathos; pitiable, pitiful, pathetic, miserable; alack, alas

to produce, to yield, to cause; to result from, to arise, to be generated

absorbed in, immersed in, crazy about, obsessed with, devoted to; forgetting oneself, daze, trance, ecstasy, delirium; within a dream, while dreaming

approximately, about; promise, appointment, engagement; shortening, reduction, simplification; contraction (in phonetics)

to cross (e.g. road), to traverse