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going slowly (esp. to enable a vehicle to stop immediately), going at a reduced speed, slowing down, reducing speed

to take possession of (forcibly), to take over (a company, account, etc.), to capture (a castle, enemy position, etc.), to seize, to occupy, to usurp; to hijack (a plane, ship, etc.)

to turn up (hem, sleeves, etc.), to fold back (e.g. page); to turn back, to double back, to return; to loopback (a signal, message, etc.)

longed-for, anxiously awaited

appointment

ignition, lighting, firing, setting off

thickheaded, insensitive, dull, thick-skinned

germination, sprouting, budding

incompetence, inefficiency, inability, incapacity; incompetent person

cold storage, refrigeration

brilliant, splendid, glorious, magnificent, spectacular

erasure, deletion, elimination, clearing; elimination (of variables); extinction

form of a character (e.g. simplified, traditional); type, typeface, font

porcelain, china, chinaware

love and hate

eyeball

many, numerous

doing (with resolve), carrying out (e.g. a plan)

command, lead, generalship, leadership

the same age

prattle, broken language, halting language, baby talk, imperfect speech, smattering