field

There are several species of wild flowers growing in this field.


stick

The recipe calls for half a stick of butter.


sale

They had to complete the sale before the banks closed.


force

A public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens.


term

The term allowed to a debtor to discharge his debt.


hold

Hold all calls to the President's office while he is in a meeting.

Elections will be held on the first Sunday of next month.


catch

We have a big barrel to catch the rainwater.

He was caught in the act of stealing a biscuit.


deficit

The people concerned have a deficit in verbal memory.


house

She felt she had to get out of the house.


product

Skill is the product of hours of practice.

His reaction was the product of hunger and fatigue.


loosen

After the Thanksgiving meal, Bill loosened his belt.


place

A political system with no place for the less prominent groups.


time

That's three times he's made the same mistake.


use

He warned against the use of narcotic drugs.


business

Government and business could not agree.


language

The speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written.

The language introduced is standard throughout the text.


bring

Waiter, please bring me a single malt whiskey.


interpreter

She was famous as an interpreter of Shakespearean roles.

Programs written in the BASIC language are usually run through an interpreter, though some can be compiled.


break

I don't know how to break this to you, but your cat is not coming back.


line

There is a narrow line between sanity and insanity.


book

Many readers find the first book of A Tale of Two Cities to be confusing.


year

A normal year has 365 full days, but there are 366 days in a leap year.


sign

He posted signs in all the shop windows.


raise

Chew with your mouth shut -- were you raised in a barn?


company

The room was a mess because he hadn't expected company.

Keep the house clean; I have company coming.


whisk

The chef prepared to whisk the egg whites for the angel's food cake.

The President was whisked away in his limo.


operation

They paid taxes on every stage of the operation.

They had to consolidate their operations.


keep

I can not keep track of all my employees.


face

He managed to show a bold face despite his embarrassment.


year

This Chinese year is the year of the Rooster.


check

She checked for an instant and missed a step.


break

The newsman wanted to break a big story, something that would make him famous.


tap

Tap an M3 thread all the way through the hole.


stretch

Cats stretch with equal ease and agility beyond the point that breaks a man on the rack.

To enjoy the picnic, we stretched out on the grass.


block

He held a large block of the company's stock.

Since blocks are often defined as a single sector, the terms 'block' and 'sector' are sometimes used interchangeably.


window

They had a window of less than an hour when an attack would have succeeded.


live

He's not expected to live for more than a few months.

My grandfather lived until the end of war.


piece

He sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage.


letter

There are twenty-six letters in the English alphabet.


wave

A wave of conservatism in the country led by the hard right.

There was a sudden wave of buying before the market closed.


set

He did four sets of the incline bench press.


treat

She was tempted to treat the whole affair as a joke.


flip

You need to flip the pancake onto the other side.


iota

As a Greek numeral, iota represents ten.


go

The day went well until I got your call.


shatter

A high-pitched voice that could shatter glass.

The old oak tree has been shattered by lightning.


number

I hope to become one of their number before I die.


stretch

He did a stretch in the federal penitentiary.


fry

He's guilty of murder -- he's going to fry.

If the children stay out on the beach for another hour, they'll be fried.


pain

The patient developed severe pain and distension.


key

Some students had stolen the key to the final exam.


line

He has a smooth line but I didn't fall for it.


hold

Hold the bridge against the enemy's attacks.


furniture

A chair is furniture. Sofas are also furniture.

The woman does not even have one stick of furniture moved in yet.


change

He got change for a twenty and used it to pay the taxi driver.

Can I get change for this $100 bill please?


load

The truck overturned while carrying a full load of oil.

The system broke down under excessive loads.


area

The photo is a little dark in that area.


trojan

The contents of a trojan can be a virus or a worm.

When he downloaded the free game it turned out to be a trojan.


grocery

The grocery store included a meat market.

She carried a sack of groceries in from the car and set it on the kitchen table.


talk

I attended an interesting talk on local history.


fall

She fell to pieces after she lost her work.


reversal

There was a reversal of autonomic function.


walk

We must walk with our dispossessed brothers and sisters.


length

He determined the length of the shortest line segment joining the two points.


cover

This should cover everyone in the group.


floor

The pit floor showed where a ring of post holes had been.

Many sunken ships rest on the ocean floor.


practice

He will need lots of practice with the lines before he performs them.


light

He stopped the car and turned off the lights.


say

Martha, will you say the Pledge of Allegiance?


court

The queen and her court traveled to the city to welcome back the soldiers.

The house was built around an inner court.


strength

The strength of the company's stock in recent weeks.


cycle

The cycle of the seasons, or of the year.


have

The dog down the street has a lax owner.


attitude

The ballet dancer walked with a graceful attitude.


origin

The rumor had its origin in idle gossip.


church

This building used to be a church before being converted into a library.

Our church is hosting a picnic next week.


failure

He felt that his entire life had been a failure.


come

I was standing on the corner when Nick came up and asked for a cigarette.


leak

The leaks by Chelsea Manning showed the secrets of the US military.


catch

I have some free time tonight so I think I'll catch a movie.


grain

There was a grain of truth in what he said.


situation

The dangerous situation developed suddenly.


head

A reduction in the assessment per head of sheep.

At five years of age this head of cattle is worth perhaps $40.


hit

We hit Detroit at one in the morning but kept driving through the night.


see

They're blind to the damage they do, but someday they'll see.


keep

I can not keep track of all my employees.


play

There was too much play in the steering wheel.


position

Stop running all over the field and play your position!

Chief of Staff is the second highest position in the army.


gap

The exploring party went through the high gap in the mountains.


concord

Both philosophers concord on this point.

Concord the conditions for the marriage of the Prince of Wales with a commoner.


time

That's three times he's made the same mistake.


raise

To raise your walking stick to defend yourself.

A few important questions were raised after the attack.


color

She used a different color for the trim.

A white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light.


bit

A horse hates having a bit put in its mouth.


degree

He earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laude.


give

What will you give her for her birthday?


home

The teacher asked how many people made up his home.


wilderness

The duties of citizenship are lost sight of in the wilderness of interests of individuals and groups.


development

In chess your should take care of your development before moving your queen.

After he saw the latest development he changed his mind and became a supporter.


development

The organism has reached a crucial stage in its development.

Our news team brings you the latest developments.


wash

The car is so dirty, we need to wash it.


keep

There's little to earn and many to keep.


roll

The President's convoy rolled past the crowds.


ferment

We ferment the grapes for a very long time to achieve high alcohol content.


check

Put a check mark in the box corresponding to the correct answer.


account

He gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president.


shower

The game was interrupted by a brief shower.


leave

Leave the flowers that you see in the park behind.


see

I must see your passport before you can enter the country.


contact

They claimed that they had been in contact with extraterrestrial beings.


return

On his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party.


development

The slow development of her skill as a writer.

The development of his ideas took many years.


official

The golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling.

In most soccer games there are three officials: the referee and two linesmen.


join

I will join you watching the football game as soon as I have finished my work.


beginning

He was responsible for the beginning of negotiations.


subject

A moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject.


drill

Drill a small hole to start the screw in the right direction.


office

Being in office already gives a candidate a great advantage.

The whole office was late the morning of the blizzard.


scale

There are some who question the scale of our ambitions.


leak

The leaks by Chelsea Manning showed the secrets of the US military.


disk

The moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky.


connection

There was a connection via the internet.


conduct

Bernstein conducted Mahler like no other conductor.


position

Atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life.


scratch

The lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree.


be

It has been three years since my grandmother died. (similar to My grandmother died three years ago, but emphasizes the intervening period).


pay

She had to pay the penalty for speaking out rashly.

He paid her off the books and in kind where possible.


furniture

A chair is furniture. Sofas are also furniture.

How much furniture did they leave behind?


go

The day went well until I got your call.


fringe

Her fringe is so long it covers her eyes.


wave

She asked the hairdresser to wave her hair.


right

"Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people" -- Eleanor Roosevelt.


voice

O Marcus, I am warm'd; my heart Leaps at the trumpet's voice.


reading

He was famous for his reading of Mozart.


size

She hates me, that's about the size of it.


toy

To toy with a piece of food on one's plate.

Figo is toying with the English defence.


stay

After the trial period, she was asked to stay on and work full-time.


space

The architect left space in front of the building.

They stopped at an open space in the jungle.


develop

Develop a market for the new mobile phone.


grain

There was a grain of truth in what he said.

We stored a thousand tons of grain for the winter.


rule

He determined the upper bound with Descartes' rule of signs.


practice

It is good practice to check each door and window before leaving.

It is the usual practice of employees there to wear neckties only when meeting with customers.


date

I arranged a date with my Australian business partners.


scale

The Holocaust was insanity on an enormous scale.

There are some who question the scale of our ambitions.


clear

The check will clear within 2 business days.


control

The timing and control of his movements were unimpaired.


gather

If you want to emphasise the shape, it is possible to gather the waistline.


fix

It rained before we repaired the roof, and were we in a fix!


division

Magnolias belong to the division Magnoliophyta.


trust

In God We Trust -- written on denominations of US currency.


sense

In the best sense charity is really a duty.


identity

Simply an identity element if both are true.

A left identity if I * x = x for any x in the structure.


section

He always turns first to the business section.

She got a job in the historical section of the Treasury.


community

The preachers and the bootleggers found they had a community of interests.


be

It is hot in Arizona, but it is not usually humid.


bank

The bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon.


reaction

He was pleased by the audience's reaction to his performance.

John feared his mother's reaction when she saw the broken lamp.


quota

All the salesmen met their quota for the month.

The quota for Japanese imports was negotiated.


divinity

Ancient Egyptians believed in the divinity of the Pharaohs.

Harvard Divinity School has been teaching theology since 1636.


fatigue

The soldiers were put on fatigue to teach them a lesson.


year

A normal year has 365 full days, but there are 366 days in a leap year.

This Chinese year is the year of the Rooster.


allow

The evidence allows only one conclusion.


field

The set of all rational numbers is a field.

The set of rational numbers, \mathbbQ, is the prototypical field.


keep

I keep my specimens under glass to protect them.


damage

The storm did a lot of damage to the area.


know

This flower is known as a Peruvian Lily.


communicate

He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist.


give

The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice.


turn

The hillside behind our house isn't generally much to look at, but once all the trees turn it's gorgeous.


vocabulary

The vocabulary of any language is influenced by contacts with other cultures.


capital

The Welsh government claims that Cardiff is Europe's youngest capital.

Washington D.C. is the capital of the United States of America.


setting

You can't do that in a university setting.


ministry

The present ministry of the Holy Spirit.


cover

The cover concealed their guns from enemy aircraft.


body

What's a body got ta do to get a drink around here?


krona

Grāmata maksā piecas kronas -- the book costs five krona.


drive

You drive nails into wood with a hammer.


difficulty

They agreed about the difficulty of the climb.

Finished the test only with great difficulty.


dozen

There shouldn't be more than two dozen Christmas cards left to write.


bitch

My bitch just had puppies: they're so cute!


line

Please speak up, the line is very faint.


live

Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?


presence

Any painter can benefit from the presence of a live model from which to draw.


stabilization

He worked for price stabilization for farm products.

Wage stabilization is necessary for industrial peace.


number

It was one of the best numbers he ever did.


vermin

Boys in the village have probably been shooting vermin.

Cereals must be protected from mice and other vermin.


figure

She made the best score on compulsory figures.


side

The patient was bleeding on the right side.

Which side of the tray shall I put it on?


strike

A hammer strikes against the bell of a clock.


array

His tools were in an orderly array on the basement wall.


concoction

He volunteered to taste her latest concoction.


party

We're expecting a large party from the London office.


slit

He slit the bag open and the rice began pouring out.


side

He turned the box over to examine the bottom side.

They painted all four sides of the house.


business

Computers are now widely used in business.


sale

He celebrated after the sale of company.

They held a sale to reduce their inventory.


strength

The strength of the company's stock in recent weeks.

It was destroyed by the strength of the gale.


have

They have two more years before they retire.


focus

The controversy brought clearly into focus an important difference of opinion.

The focus of activity shifted to molecular biology.


recognition

A sudden recognition of the problem he faced.


spread

I spread the rice grains evenly over the floor.


court

Players had to reserve a court in advance.


face

I wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news.


field

There were some cows grazing in a field.


score

He tried to blame the victim but his success on that score was doubtful.


play

The Democrats still have some cards to play before they will concede the electoral victory.


finish

The wine has a nutty flavor and a pleasant finish.


discover

The story is false, so far as I can discover.


shake

She shook her finger at the naughty students.


buy

I'm not going to buy your stupid excuses anymore!


catch

The Rolls Royce caught us near the exit ramp.


meet

The company agrees to meet the cost of any repairs.


hold

To carry well, i.e. to hold the head high, with arching neck.


read

She read my mind and promptly rose to get me a glass of water.


confidence

After that failure he lost his confidence.

Everyone trusted him with their confidences.


stretch

I always stretch my muscles before exercising.


product

His reaction was the product of hunger and fatigue.


treatment

His treatment of the race question is badly biased.

A treatment or cure is applied after a medical problem has already started.


streak

I hope I can keep up this streak of accomplishments.

I was on a winning streak until the fourth game, where I was dealt terrible cards.


opening

There was a small opening between the trees.

The opening established the basic theme.


approach

He was an admirable poet, and thought even to have approached Homer. -- Sir William Temple.


circus

They used the elephants to help put up the circus.


make

This invention will make you a millionaire.

He made a fool of himself at the meeting.


hit

I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts.


slip

She couldn't hurt a fly, young slip of a girl that she is.


ring

The distinctive ring of the church bell.

"The tintinnabulation that so voluminously swells from the ringing and the dinging of the bells" -- E. A. Poe.


conflict

The conflict between the government and the rebels began three years ago.


brush

She brushed the suit before hanging it back into the closet.


fatigue

The American public is experiencing scandal fatigue.


be

The postman has been today, but my tickets have still not yet come.


song

Thomas listened to his favorite song on the radio yesterday.

A successful musical must have at least three good songs.


drop

A drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index.


stock

They will cut round stock to 1-inch diameter.

His stock was so high he could have been elected mayor.


remember

I remember the concert clearly, but I can't recollect why I was there.


respect

Be sure to give my respects to the dean.


life

He could no longer cope with the complexities of life.


snorter

The maths problem is a real snorter, isn't it?


pull

Iron fillings drawn by the pull of a magnet.


try

If you want to play varsity, you'll have to try out for the team.

This approach has been tried with good results.


wash

The car is so dirty, we need to wash it.


give

Can I give you the children for the weekend?


line

Historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available.


cover

Artillery provided cover fire for the withdrawal.


check

Place a check by the things you have done.

Put a check mark in the box corresponding to the correct answer.


range

Estimates for the losses in the earthquake range as high as $2 billion.

The instruments ranged from tuba to cymbals.


unit

An idea is not a unit that can be moved from one brain to another.

He was a member of a special police unit.


difference

It just won't make much of a difference to anyone.


charge

The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem.


stick

Stick some feathers in the turkey before you serve it.

Stick around and you will learn something!


life

He could no longer cope with the complexities of life.


congregation

A great congregation of birds flew over.

A congregation of children pleaded for his autograph.


language

The language introduced is standard throughout the text.


finish

"Almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art" -- Joseph Conrad.


spill

The former employee spilled all the details.


head

12 head of big cattle and 14 head of branded calves.

200 head of cattle and 50 head of horses.


level

Take the elevator and get off at the promenade level.


admit

To admit evidence in the trial of a cause.


dwelling

The old house served as a dwelling for Albert.


word

I give you my word that I will be there on time.


spring

He will hold office until the spring of next year.


wall

We're adding another wall in this room during the remodeling.


place

A political system with no place for the less prominent groups.


focus

You'll need to focus the microscope carefully in order to capture the full detail of this surface.


save

Let's save the packaging in case we need to send the product back.


strike

The workers struck for a week before the new contract went through.


sign

Their angry expressions were a clear sign they didn't want to talk.

Those clouds show little sign of raining soon.


set

To set a precious stone in a border of metal.


give

What will you give her for her birthday?


third

He answered the first question willingly, the second reluctantly, and the third with resentment.


profile

A psychological profile of serial killers.


grave

He went to his grave without forgiving me.


get

The operator couldn't get Kobe because of the earthquake.


count

I can count my colleagues in the opposition.


game

He thought of his painting as a game that filled his empty time.


hit

After three misses she finally got a hit.


rank

His salary was determined by his rank and seniority.

The entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen.


plot

The characters were well drawn but the plot was banal.

They concocted a plot to discredit the governor.


draw

At the start of their turn, each player must draw a card.


soften

Soften the butter before beating in the sugar.


translate

The renowned director could translate experience to film with ease.

The growth in income translates into greater purchasing power.


tact

I used tact when I told my fat uncle that his extra weight made him look better.

By the use of tact, she was able to calm her jealous husband.


drive

You drive nails into wood with a hammer.


pay

Does she pay you for the work you are doing?


foil

In this picture, the figures are foiled against the background.


raise

We visited a farm where they raise chickens.


make

How much do you make a month in your new job?


present

He lives in the present with no thought of tomorrow.


youth

I made many mistakes in my youth, but learned from them all.

Make the most of your youth, it will not last forever.


baron

A "robber baron" or "robber knight" is an historic term and title of disdain.


normalize

There is little hope that the two countries will normalize relations; their governments seem to hate each other and would just as soon stay on bad terms.


window

The expanded window will give us time to catch the thieves.

You have a two-hour window of clear weather to finish working on the lawn.


stone

You should remove the stones from prunes before cooking.


song

A bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age.

I love hearing the song of canary birds.


bum

That guy keeps interrupting the concert. Throw the bum out!


address

He failed in his manner of address to the captain.

A man of pleasing or insinuating address.


score

The player with the highest score is the winner.

The winning score came with less than a minute left to play.


pay

She had to pay the penalty for speaking out rashly.


title

The professor didn't like his friends to use his formal title.


operation

It can perform millions of operations per second.


have

The dog down the street has a lax owner.


compare

This car does not compare with our line of Mercedes.

You can't compare my problems and yours.


orbit

The Moon's orbit around the Earth takes nearly one month to complete.


authority

I have the authority to penalise the staff in my department, but not the authority to sack them.


neighborhood

The price is in the neighborhood of $100.


gather

I gather from Aunty May that you had a good day at the match.

I gather you have not done your homework.


begin

This economic measure doesn't even begin to deal with the problem of inflation.

The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia.


see

You'll see a lot of cheating in this school.


get

She didn't get his name when they met the first time.


pack

You had better pack your swollen ankle with ice.


life

Having experienced both, the vampire decided that he preferred (un)death to life.

Life depends on many chemical and physical processes.


define

The camera could define the smallest object.

The tree was clearly defined by the light.


education

A good teacher is essential for a good education.


rock

While we're in Brighton, let's get a stick of rock!


calendar

I have you on my calendar for next Monday.


go

These luxuries all had to go under the Khmer Rouge.


stabilization

Stabilization means that the product can be handled under atmospheric conditions.

He worked for price stabilization for farm products.


play

He wrote several plays but only one was produced on Broadway.


draw

A ship's sail is said to draw when it is filled with wind.


house

This is my house and my family's ancestral home.


bar

It was an excellent kick but the ball hit the bar.

The orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song.


disturbance

He looked around for the source of the disturbance.

There was a disturbance of neural function.


keep

The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff.

Our grant has run out and we can not keep you on.


run

Don't run that software unless you have permission.


think

Just think -- you could be rich one day!


suit

Be sure to keep your nose to the grindstone today; the suits are making a "surprise" visit to this department.


matter

Physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it.

He always took some reading matter with him on the plane.


movement

It was an expensive watch with a diamond movement.


impute

We imputed this quotation to Shakespeare.


canvas

The movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound.


freeze

Don't go outside wearing just a t-shirt; you'll freeze!


replace

The insurance will replace the lost income.

We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago.


competition

The newspaper is featuring a competition to win a car.

The new stain remover was ten times more effective than the competition.


union

Lightning produced an unusual union of the metals.


mouth

They built a fire at the mouth of the cave.


strike

In the fifth inning, the Giants struck, sending three runners home to win the game 5 to 2.


double

His first job in Hollywood was as a double for Clark Gable.


war

The "war on terror" is a campaign against terrorist crime.

The "war on drugs" is a campaign against the use of narcotic drugs.


drink

The patient must drink several liters each day.


truth

The truth is that he didn't want to do it.


stage

It set the stage for peaceful negotiations.

He clambered up onto the stage and got the actors to help him into the box.


field

He was an expert in the field of Chinese history.

The farmer's field was a civil war battleground, and relics such a minnie bullets were frequently found while plowing.


piece

He sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage.


drive

She drives for the taxi company in Newark.


fire

We sat around the fire singing songs and telling stories.

Fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries.


get

You need to get permission to leave early.

I got a computer from my parents for my birthday.


tolerate

I like the way he plays the guitar, but I can't tolerate his voice when he sings.

The patient does not tolerate the anti-inflammatory drugs we gave him.


negociate

The pianist negociated the difficult runs.


period

Hastened the period of time of his recovery.


time

These times were erroneously converted between zones.


call

That sound is the distinctive call of the cuckoo bird.


narrowness

The attraction of the book is precisely its narrowness of focus.

The problem with achievement tests is the narrowness they impose on students.


member

Canada is a member of the United Nations.


day

It was a busy day on the stock exchange.


pay

She had to pay the penalty for speaking out rashly.


drop

There was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery.


apology

The CEO made a public apology for the scandal, and promised full cooperation with the authorities.

What he said really hurt my feelings, but his apology sounded so sincere that I couldn't help but forgive him.


entreaty

We need an entreaty to stop the hostilities.


keep

I keep my specimens under glass to protect them.


noise

Whatever it was he didn't like it and he was going to let them know by making as loud a noise as he could.

The announcement of the election recount caused a lot of noise.


time

The judge leniently granted a sentence with no hard time.


stuff

What is all that stuff on your bedroom floor?

He didn't want his pockets to bulge so he was walking around with all his stuff in his hands.


work

Do you want to work after the age of 60?

She works as a waitress to put herself through college.


admit

We can not admit non-members into our club building.


shock

Loss of blood is an important cause of shock.

Electricians get accustomed to occasional shocks.


prise

2004: Most people used pliers, scissors, rubber gloves and knives to try to prise open products. -- BBC News.

1919: I think he must have been trying to prise open that box yonder when he was attacked. -- Sax Rohmer, The Quest of the Sacred Slipper.


discover

The story is false, so far as I can discover.


break

I had to break a $100 bill just to buy the candy.

The wholesaler broke the container loads into palettes and boxes for local retailers.


dwelling

Philip's dwelling fronted on the street. -- Alfred Tennyson.


act

The governor should act on the new energy bill.


corner

The corners of the wire mesh were reinforced with little blobs of solder.


difference

It just won't make much difference to me.


shoot

In my round of golf yesterday I shot a 76.


get

She didn't get his name when they met the first time.


integrity

The integrity of the nervous system is required for normal development.

They admired his scrupulous professional integrity.


break

Did you two break the trolley by racing with it?

The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town.


place

A political system with no place for the less prominent groups.


subscription

My library subscription is about to expire.

The deed was attested by the subscription of his signature.


vote

The Supreme Court upheld the principle of one person, one vote.


strengthen

Strengthen the relations between the two countries.

This exercise will strengthen your upper body.


prise

C. 1925: Come, force the gates with crowbars, prise them apart! -- Jack Lindsay, translation of Lysistrata.

2004: Most people used pliers, scissors, rubber gloves and knives to try to prise open products. -- BBC News.


get

What do you get when you add up these numbers?


credit

He arrived five minutes late, but to his credit he did work an extra ten minutes at the end of his shift.


figure

He cut a sorry figure standing there in the rain.


clear

The check will clear within 2 business days.


catch

She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings.


drop

It was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height.

There was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery.


fix

I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill.


key

The key to solving this problem is persistence.

The key to development is economic integration.


series

The harmonic series has been much studied.

They were investigating a series of bank robberies.


property

A study of the physical properties of atomic particles.


sign

Those clouds show little sign of raining soon.


come

Come into contact with a terrorist group.


go

These luxuries all had to go under the Khmer Rouge.


top

Only the top side of the box was painted.


admit

We can not admit non-members into our club building.

To admit a serious thought into the mind.


death

England scored a goal at the death to even the score at one all.


operation

They paid taxes on every stage of the operation.


catch

She managed to catch herself before telling her boss what was on her mind.


mark

The citizens mark the anniversary of the revolution with a march and a parade.


attack

This species of snake will only attack humans if it feels threatened.

Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II.


curmudgeon

There's a cranky curmudgeon working at the hospital who gives all the patients and other doctors flak.

John Doe's old age and stubborn aversion to new ideas make him a curmudgeon of a candidate.


stage

Then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise.

We went out of town together by stage about ten or twelve miles.


weakness

In a small number of horses, muscle weakness may progress to paralysis.

The weakness of the span was overlooked until it collapsed.


audit

To audit the accounts of a treasure, or of parties who have a suit depending in court.


copy

Please bring me the copies of those reports.


rest

Now that we're all in agreement, we can put that issue to rest.


locate

Our sense of sight enables us to locate objects in space.


nick

He's just been released from Shadwell nick prison after doing ten years for attempted murder.

He was arrested and taken down to Sun Hill nick police station to be charged.


question

The question of disease merits serious discussion.

There was a question of which material to use.


pull

You'll be sent home if you pull another stunt like that.

He regularly pulls 12-hour days, sometimes 14.


note

I didn't have any coins to pay with, so I used a note.


stretch

Cats stretch with equal ease and agility beyond the point that breaks a man on the rack.

I stretched the rubber band until it almost broke.


play

Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches.


nomination

There was keen competition for the nomination.


hyponym

A is a hyponym of B means that "A is a type of B.".


unemployment

The rate of unemployment is an indicator of the health of an economy.


accent

The name Cézanne is written with an acute accent.

The room was decorated in shades of grey with distinctive red accents.


create

You can create the color orange by mixing yellow and red.


quality

Membership of this golf club is limited to those of quality and wealth.

This school is well-known for having teachers of high quality.


image

The number 6 is the image of 3 under f that is defined as f(x) = 2*x.

The image of f(x) = x^2 is the set of all non-negative real numbers if the domain of the function is the set of all real numbers.


point

He stuck the point of the knife into a tree.


path

The path of a meteor, of a caravan, or of a storm.

Genius usually follows a revolutionary path.


spell

The letters "a", "n" and "d" spell "and".


order

IBM received an order for a hundred computers.


reaction

In this reaction, the acid and base will neutralize each other, producing a salt.

The announcement of the verdict brought a violent reaction.


expression

The best poker players can tell if the opponents have a good hand by looking at their expression.

Her expression changed from joy to misery after realising her winning lottery ticket had expired.


go

These luxuries all had to go under the Khmer Rouge.

This violinist is as good as Juilliard-trained violinists go.


picture

He had no clear picture of himself or his world.

He described his mental picture of his assailant.


foot

His bare feet projected from his trousers.


get

She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight.


work

Do you want to work after the age of 60?


nonprofit

If it wasn't subsidized, the nonprofit would be bankrupt.

Employees of a nonprofit rarely make as much as greedy counterparts in the commercial world.


estimate

Many factors are involved in any estimate of human life.


ground

Ground the electrical connections for safety reasons.


sex

(The believers ... those ...) who abstain from sex.


erase

Please erase the formula on the blackboard -- it is wrong!


make

He made a fool of himself at the meeting.


channel

A channel is typically what you rent from a telephone company.

The channel is created by bonding the signals from these four pairs.


war

In the US, conservatives rail against the "war on Christmas".


softness

The climate had the softness of the south of France.

Softness is not something permitted of good leaders.


interest

Victorian furniture is an interest of mine.


recognition

Molecular recognition drives all of biology, for instance, hormone and receptor or antibody-antigen interactions or the organization of molecules into larger biologically active entities.


pull

The spaceship came under the pull of the gas giant.


gravitation

The gravitation between two bodies is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.

Gravitation är svagare än elektromagnetismen, men påverkar all materia och energi.


organ

Georgie Fame plays all types of keyboards including electric piano, organ, and Hammond organ.


war

The "war on drugs" is a campaign against the use of narcotic drugs.


name

He had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name.


stuff

You don't have the stuff to be a United States Marine.


title

He had no documents confirming his title to his father's estate.


discover

The story is false, so far as I can discover.

Turning the corner, I discovered a lovely little shop.


convert

He converted his garden into a tennis court.


set

His instructions deliberately gave them the wrong set.


start

The movie was entertaining from start to finish.


door

We closed the door to Haitian immigrants.


corner

Standing on the corner watching all the girls go by.

In many corners of the world they still practice slavery.


dingbat

Yet here he was with an upper class dingbat who just happened to be married to his sister.


connection

The connection between church and state is inescapable.

The connection between overeating and obesity.


quality

Membership of this golf club is limited to those of quality and wealth.

While being impulsive can be great for artists, it is not a desirable quality for engineers.


offset

I'll offset the time difference locally.


pull

You'll be sent home if you pull another stunt like that.


ride

She loves to ride her new motorcycle through town.


trail

The trail led straight to the perpetrator.


line

He has a smooth line but I didn't fall for it.


field

The home crowd cheered when Princeton took the field.

There are several species of wild flowers growing in this field.


unit

After the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit.

The coach said the offensive unit did a good job.


assign

The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise.


tension

The direction of maximum tension moves asymptotically toward the direction of the shear.


tab

Files with a red tab will be stored separately.

The filing cards were organized by cards having indexed tabs.


corruption

The luxury and corruption among the upper classes.


play

I've practiced the piano off and on, and I still can't play very well.


save

Let's save the packaging in case we need to send the product back.


touch

With the lights out, she had to rely on touch to find her desk.


lightning

The lightning was hot enough to melt the sand.


block

Anne Boleyn placed her head on the block and awaited her execution.

The pyramids were built with large stone blocks.


follow

Teenagers follow their friends in everything.


begin

My property begins with the three maple trees.


prepare

The prince was prepared to become King one day.


recognition

He looked at her for ten full minutes before recognition dawned.

Increasing recognition that diabetes frequently coexists with other chronic diseases.


catch

We have a big barrel to catch the rainwater.


call

Take two aspirin and call me in the morning.

The ship will call in Honolulu tomorrow.


unit

He was a member of a special police unit.

The reduced the number of units and installations.


heart

He drew a heart and called it a valentine.


reaction

The forces of reaction carried the election.


go

The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in.


follow

Please follow the guide through the museum.


support

They gave him emotional support during difficult times.


keep

Our grant has run out and we can not keep you on.


softness

He attributes the disappointing results to softness in the economy.

Orders have recently picked up after a period of extreme softness.


touch

She likes the touch of silk on her skin.


recognition

He was unable to make his motion because he couldn't get recognition by the chairman.


channel

A channel is typically what you rent from a telephone company.

The English Channel lies between France and England.


conflict

The familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats.

His conflict of interest made him ineligible for the post.


find

She found the time and energy to take care of her aging parents.


preparation

The resolution of one dissonance is often the preparation for another dissonance.

Preparations for the ceremony had begun.


box

An armed guard sat in the box with the driver.


date

US date: 05/24/08 = Tuesday, May 24th, 2008. UK date: 24/05/08 = Tuesday 24th May 2008.

The date of a letter, of a will, of a deed, of a coin, etc.


keep

I keep my specimens under glass to protect them.


gather

I gather from Aunty May that you had a good day at the match.


find

My son went to Berkeley to find himself.


term

The general term of an algebraic equation of the n-th degree.

The major term of a syllogism must occur twice.


face

Put a big sign on each face of the building that can be seen from the road.


come

Come into contact with a terrorist group.


claim

Evidence contradicted the government's claims.


pursuit

Unremitting pursuit of wealth doesn't bring happiness, particularly if successful.


commercialization

Both companies will retain control over the commercialization of their own products.

The government tried to accelerate the commercialization of this development.


connect

This computer will connect well to the network.

Herman connected the computers together.


baseball

There was a baseball game on every empty lot.


trend

The upward trend of stock-market prices.

Not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book.


produce

These chemicals produce a noxious vapor.

This procedure produces a curious effect.


raise

Chew with your mouth shut -- were you raised in a barn?


day

After that day she never trusted him again.


business

He's such a poor cook, I can't believe he's still in business!


match

The company matched the discount policy of its competitors.


keep

There's little to earn and many to keep.


spring

You can visit me in the spring, when the weather is bearable.

Spring is the time of the year most species reproduce.


assumption

Their assumption of his guilt disqualified them from jury duty.

Any society is built upon certain assumptions.


unit

The reduced the number of units and installations.


ease

They put it into containers for ease of transportation.


account

He predicted that although it is of small account now it will rapidly increase in importance.


rotation

The medical resident finished a two-week rotation in pediatrics and began one in orthopaedics.

The earth's rotation about its axis is responsible for its being slightly oblate rather than a sphere.


field

Anthropologists do much of their work in the field.

Field work traditionally distinguishes true archaeologists from armchair archaeologists.


communicate

Many deaf people communicate with sign language.

I feel I hardly know him; I just wish he'd communicate with me a little more.


krona

You can use paper krona (i.e., bills, banknotes).


scene

The police returned to the scene of the crime.


authority

I have the authority to penalise the staff in my department, but not the authority to sack them.


look

I don't like the look of the new design.


call

The ship will call in Honolulu tomorrow.

A transmitter in Samoa was heard calling.


strike

The Germans struck Poland on Sept. 1, 1939.


stage

The band returned to the stage to play an encore.

He clambered up onto the stage and got the actors to help him into the box.


claim

Evidence contradicted the government's claims.


rest

People actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests.


catch

I have some free time tonight so I think I'll catch a movie.


know

I know that the President lied to the people.


system

In a static system oil can not be replaced by water on a surface.

The system consists of a motor and a small computer.


change

The product is undergoing a change in order to improve it.

The change was intended to increase sales.


masquerade

I was invited to the masquerade at their home.


set

Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children.


carry

These pipes carry waste water into the river.


helm

The President is at the helm of the Ship of State.


masticate

The cow stood, quietly masticating its cud.


saving

The shift of the supplier gave us a saving of 10 percent.


face

She wanted to wipe him off the face of the earth.


line

The line stretched clear around the corner.


extend

The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets.


brush

I had a brush with danger on my way to work.

He tried to avoid any brushes with the police.


time

The judge leniently granted a sentence with no hard time.


acquisition

The acquisition of sports equipment can be fun in itself.


society

This society has been known for centuries for its colorful clothing and tight-knit family structure.


finish

When these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show.

"Almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art" -- Joseph Conrad.


charge

She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance.


change

The change was intended to increase sales.

This storm is certainly a change for the worse.


block

Block the graphs so one can see the results clearly.


resistance

Widespread resistance to the new urban development plans.


year

A normal year has 365 full days, but there are 366 days in a leap year.


be

The postman has been today, but my tickets have still not yet come.


floor

Many sunken ships rest on the ocean floor.


trust

We can not trust anyone who deceives us.

In God We Trust-written on denominations of US currency.


subject

Teachers should be well trained in their subject.


refund

If you find this computer for sale anywhere at a lower price, we'll refund you the difference.


turn

People turn to mysticism at the turn of a millennium.

The pedophile turned to boys for satisfaction.


kid

She's a kid. It's normal for her to have imaginary friends.


seat

The seat of these trousers is almost worn through.


price

They say that every politician has a price.


hunt

Her uncle is out hunting deer, now that it is open season.


call

Take two aspirin and call me in the morning.


turn

The hillside behind our house isn't generally much to look at, but once all the trees turn it's gorgeous.


breath

I could hear the breath of the runner behind me.

He took a deep breath and dived into the pool.


use

We can use this mathematical formula to solve the problem.


move

They were pleased about their move to the country.

The move into my fiancé's house took two long days.


setup

It takes time to learn the setup around here.

The laboratory included an elaborate setup for measuring the energy.


stay

After the trial period, she was asked to stay on and work full-time.

After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser.


outfitter

An outfitter provided everything needed for the safari.

Before his first walking holiday, he went to a specialist outfitter to buy some boots.


carry

These pipes carry waste water into the river.


altitude

As the altitude increases, the temperature gets lower, so remember to bring warm clothes to the mountains.


foot

I'll meet you at the foot of the stairs.

His bare feet projected from his trousers.


development

Such land is practical for small park developments.


give

Can I give you the children for the weekend?

Can I give you my keys while I go in the pool?


give

What will you give her for her birthday?

He gives of his energies to the organization.


break

If the vase falls to the floor, it might break.


principle

The Pauli Exclusion Principle prevents two fermions from occupying the same state.


pull

He regularly pulls 12-hour days, sometimes 14.


splash

Her red hat gave her outfit a splash of color.

He made a great splash and then disappeared.


play

I've practiced the piano off and on, and I still can't play very well.


flight

Where is the departure gate for flight 747? / Go straight down and to the right.


ghost

Everyone showed that the ghost of an old lady haunted this crypt.


permit

She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband.


model

The computer weather model did not correctly predict the path of the hurricane.


mask

They moved in under a mask of friendship.


movement

Politicians have to respect a mass movement.


note

There was a note of gaiety in her manner.


floor

The pit floor showed where a ring of post holes had been.

The floor of a cave served the refugees as a home.


work

John worked with Paul at finishing the task.


match

These two copies are supposed to be identical, but they don't match.

Let them match their best athletes against ours.


appear

Homo sapiens appeared millions of years ago.


tense

Alternately relax and tense your calf muscle.


water

The town debated the purification of the water supply.


sophisticate

Yet Butler professes to stick to plain facts, not to sophisticate, not to refine. -- M. Arnold.

To sophisticate the understanding. -- Southey.


machine

The boxer was a magnificent fighting machine.


life

Having experienced both, the vampire decided that he preferred (un)death to life.


catch

If he catches you on the chin, you'll be on the mat.


credit

I give you credit for owning up to your mistake.


competition

The newspaper is featuring a competition to win a car.

Business competition can be fiendish at times.


close

Her arms closed around her long lost relative.


mine

This diamond comes from a mine in South Africa.

He came out of the coal mine with a face covered in black.


crack

We managed to squeeze through a crack in the rock wall.


locus

The locus of points equidistant from a given point is a circle.

A circle is the locus of points from which the distance to the center is a given value, the radius.


term

The term allowed to a debtor to discharge his debt.


rotation

The manager had only four starting pitchers in his rotation.

The medical resident finished a two-week rotation in pediatrics and began one in orthopaedics.


cover

The cover concealed their guns from enemy aircraft.


take

Looking at him as he came into the room, I took him for his father.


flight

The flight to Paris leaves at 7 o'clock tonight.


reading

He bought some reading material at the airport.

He has a job meter reading for the gas company.


employ

The school district has six thousand teachers in its employ.


carry

Amanda carried the package from home to New York.


reaction

You were in the courtroom. What is your reaction?


rest

A body will continue in a state of rest until acted upon.


get

What do you get when you add up these numbers?

My children finally got me to buy a computer.


fly

Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic.


connect

This computer will connect well to the network.


inclusion

He admired the inclusion of so many ideas in such a short work.

An inclusion in the cytoplasm of the cell.


application

The iPhone application VR+ connects to major social networks.

He has tried several different word processing applications.


face

He managed to show a bold face despite his embarrassment.


place

We thought we would win but only ended up in fourth place.

If you were in my place what would you do?


roof

I could see the roof of the bear's mouth.


bar

He was admitted to the bar in New Jersey.

Unfortunately some writers have used bar for one dyne per square centimeter.


bag

He carried his small bag onto the plane with him.


letter

Mailed an indignant letter to the editor.


movement

The second movement is slow and melodic.

A broad movement of the electorate to the right.


split

He was winning until he got a split in the tenth frame.

They announced a two-for-one split of the common stock.


family

His family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower.


call

The ship will call in Honolulu tomorrow.


time

That's three times he's made the same mistake.


pull

Pull the old soup cans from the supermarket shelf.


draw

The participants in the experiment were drawn from a representative population.


scale

The Holocaust was insanity on an enormous scale.


finish

"Almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art" -- Joseph Conrad.


acknowledge

* I acknowledge my transgressions. -- Psalm 51:3.

She acknowledged that she might have forgotten.


break

If the vase falls to the floor, it might break.


orbit

In the political orbit of a world power.

In the post WWII era, several eastern European countries came into the orbit of the Soviet Union.


direction

He checked the direction and velocity of the wind.


classify

Should we classify "make up" as an idiom or as a phrasal verb?

She classified the works as 'dangerous'.


pottery

The shelves were lined with pottery of all shapes and sizes.


design

She designed to go far in the world of business.


truck

Truck fresh vegetables across the mountains.

Amanda trucked the package from Philadelphia to her mother's house.


spread

She liked to spread butter on her toast while it was still hot.


blowout

As a result of the blowout we lost all the lights.


judge

The judge tried both father and son in separate trials.

The judge pronounced often before, but never so widely press-attended.


appear

She appeared on several charges of theft.


agree

The two stories don't agree in many details.


field

There were some cows grazing in a field.


gratification

To my immense gratification he arrived on time.

Dull repetitious work gives no gratification.


etiolation

His etiolation signaled years in prison.


connect

The new railroad will connect the northern part of the state to the southern part.


melt

When the weather is warm, the snowman will disappear; he will melt.


place

A woman's place is no longer in the kitchen.


addition

The addition of a leap day every four years.

The addition of cinnamon improved the flavor.


fall

When that became known the price of their stock went into free fall.


fail

We must not fail his obligation to the victims of the Holocaust.

She failed in her obligations as a good daughter-in-law.


open

Vermont will open elk hunting season next week.


development

The development and printing of his pictures took only two hours.

After he saw the latest development he changed his mind and became a supporter.


care

He doesn't care about how / whether she comes.


wash

Can you wash away the spots on the windows?

The swollen river washed away the footbridge.


wing

They are the progressive wing of the Republican Party.

He preferred the drumsticks to the wings.


extend

Extend the casserole with a little rice.


grave

He went to his grave without forgiving me.


process

The process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls.


trade

Will you trade your precious watch for my earring?


progress

He listened for the progress of the troops.


prise

1919: I think he must have been trying to prise open that box yonder when he was attacked. -- Sax Rohmer, The Quest of the Sacred Slipper.

C. 1925: Come, force the gates with crowbars, prise them apart! -- Jack Lindsay, translation of Lysistrata.


range

The army maintains a missile range in the desert.

Any good golf club will have a range where you can practice.


matter

Physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it.


volume

The volume of ticket sales decreased this week.


surface

The facts had been brought to the surface.

Three quarters of the Earth's surface is covered by water.


interest

Victorian furniture is an interest of mine.


sign

Those clouds show little sign of raining soon.

Those clouds show signs of raining soon.


scene

The most moving scene is the final one, where he realizes he has wasted his whole life.


luck

Gilbert had some bad luck yesterday -- he got pick-pocketed and lost fifty dollars.

I couldn't believe my luck when I found a fifty dollar bill on the street.


draw

To draw a memorial, a deed, or bill of exchange.


limitation

The lawyer obtained impunity by dragging his obviously guilty client's case beyond the 10 years limitation.


behave

His mother threatened to spank him if he didn't behave.


stress

Some people put the stress on the first syllable of "controversy"; others put it on the second.

Go easy on him, he's been under a lot of stress lately.


inventory

They stopped selling in exact sizes in order to reduce inventory.

Due to an undersized inventory at the Boston outlet, customers had to travel to Providence to find the item.


apology

He wrote a letter of apology to the hostess.

The CEO made a public apology for the scandal, and promised full cooperation with the authorities.


cover

Count the cash in the drawer twice just to cover yourself.


melt

When the weather is warm, the snowman will disappear; he will melt.


sophisticate

Yet Butler professes to stick to plain facts, not to sophisticate, not to refine. -- M. Arnold.

Their manners had sophisticated the young girls.


break

If the vase falls to the floor, it might break.


stream

A stream of people emptied from the terminal.


give

I'm going to give my wife a necklace for her birthday.

He gives of his energies to the organization.


draw

A ship's sail is said to draw when it is filled with wind.


tell

Can you tell whether those flowers are real or silk, from this distance?


crack

Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county.


experience

It was an experience he would not soon forget.


way

Come this way and I'll show you a shortcut.


substitute

The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague.

The skim milk substitutes for cream -- we are on a strict diet.


scale

The magnitude of an earthquake is measured on the open-ended Richter scale.


suffer

We hope you never have to suffer the same pain.


account

He asked to see the executive who handled his account.

He predicted that although it is of small account now it will rapidly increase in importance.


offer

The Shakespeare Company is offering 'King Lear' this month.


support

They developed a scheme of mutual support.

The government provides support to the arts in several ways.


say

The registrar says that I owe the school money.


history

A critical time in the school's history.

History repeats itself if we don't learn from its mistakes.


follow

We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba.

A terrible tsunami followed the earthquake.


masquerade

That masquerade of misrepresentation which invariably accompanied the political eloquence of Rome -- Thomas de Quincey.


be

"Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back."


action

Recent federal action undermined the segregationist position.


language

The speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written.

Language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals.


deal

He rose to prominence through a series of shady deals.


course

The ship changed its course 15 degrees towards south.


have

The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter.


face

They climbed the north face of the mountain.


rest

The boulder came to rest just behind the house after rolling down the mountain.

A body will continue in a state of rest until acted upon.


exclude

To exclude young animals from the womb or from eggs.

The unruly student was excluded from the game.


get

You need to get permission to leave early.


drag

Drag this icon to the lower right hand corner of the screen.


leave

Leave the flowers that you see in the park behind.


stage

The stage pulled into town carrying the payroll for the mill and three ladies.


extension

Extension of the program to all in need.


stand

We had to stand for the entire performance!


rate

The rate of production at the factory is skyrocketing.


disperse

The Jews are dispersed among all nations.


wound

Deep in her breast lives the silent wound.

He feared that mentioning it might reopen the wound.


variant

The word "kerosine" is a variant of "kerosene".


volume

Please turn down the volume on the stereo.


heart

He drew a heart and called it a valentine.


go

Messages must go through diplomatic channels.


wall

We're adding another wall in this room during the remodeling.


leave

Leave the flowers that you see in the park behind.

Unfortunately, this cleaning product leaves behind a noticeable residue.


difference

It just won't make much of a difference to anyone.


stretch

Let's stretch for a minute -- we've been sitting here for over 3 hours.


drink

He jumped into the drink and had to be rescued.


run

The crowd had to run away from the burning structure with only the clothes on their backs.


cover

The second officer covered the top floor.


translate

Is there a need to translate the psychiatrist's remarks?

Can you translate the instructions in this manual for a layman?


do

A 'B' grade doesn't suffice to get me into medical school.


admit

To admit a serious thought into the mind.


interrupt

We interrupt the program for the following messages.


admit

We can not admit non-members into our club building.


account

He predicted that although it is of small account now it will rapidly increase in importance.

The account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious.


make

This invention will make you a millionaire.


light

I'm really seeing you in a different light today.


carry

Amanda carried the package from home to New York.


carry

These pipes carry waste water into the river.


refill

The prescription specified only one refill.


society

It was then that they decided to found a society of didgeridoo-playing unicyclists.


product

His reaction was the product of hunger and fatigue.

Skill is the product of hours of practice.


slack

Suddenly they were in a slack and the water was motionless.


focus

Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies.


reason

If you don't give me a reason to go with you, I won't.


cry

She cried bitterly when she heard the news of his death.


break

If the new teacher won't break, we'll add some stress.

The clouds broke after the heavy downpour.


picture

They could still receive the sound but the picture was gone.


study

No schools offer graduate study in interior design.


degree

Most humans have a field of vision of almost 180 degrees.


concern

The employees' attitude is really hurting the concern.


head

Be careful when you pet that dog on the head; it may bite.


enthalpy

Enthalpy is the amount of energy in a system capable of doing mechanical work.

H = U + p V, where H is enthalpy, U is internal energy, p is pressure, and V is volume.


underestimate

Don't underestimate the danger of such a raft trip on this river.

He underestimated the work that went into the renovation.


respect

He went to law school out of respect for his father's wishes.


scene

The most moving scene is the final one, where he realizes he has wasted his whole life.


eyeball

A good cook can often just eyeball the correct quantities of ingredients.

Each geometric construction must be exact; eyeballing it and getting close does not count.


boy

The boys were playing kickball in the mud.

She made the boy brush his teeth every night.


part

The part of his hair was slightly to the left.


devotion

The devotion of his time and wealth to science.

Their devotion to each other was beautiful.


mean

The sky is red this morning -- does that mean we're in for a storm?


dullness

Without him the dullness of her life crept into her work no matter how she tried to compartmentalize it.


furniture

The woman does not even have one stick of furniture moved in yet.

How much furniture did they leave behind?


stage

An early movie simply showed a long kiss by two actors of the contemporary stage.

We went out of town together by stage about ten or twelve miles.


degree

She has two bachelor's degrees and is studying towards a master's degree.

He earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laude.


coverage

The enemy fire is increasing -- can we get some immediate coverage from those bunkers?

The dictionary's coverage of standard English is excellent.


keep

Our grant has run out and we can not keep you on.

We kept the work going as long as we could.


touch

Suddenly, in the crowd, I felt a touch at my shoulder.


space

It all happened in the space of 10 minutes.


habit

It's become a habit of mine to have a cup of coffee after dinner.

It was their habit to dine at 7 every evening.


have

We had a hard year last year, with the locust swarms and all that.


enormity

In careful usage the noun enormity is not used to express the idea of great size.

Universities recognized the enormity of their task.


impression

I wanted to create an impression of success.

He watched the impression of the seal on the hot wax.


touch

He could not touch the meaning of the poem.


field

The farmer's field was a civil war battleground, and relics such a minnie bullets were frequently found while plowing.


extend

My land extends over the hills on the horizon.


pick

Pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages.


support

He does not support his natural children.

The scholarship supported me when I was in college.


action

The Union action of emancipating Southern slaves.

The United Nations must have the power to propose and organize action without being hobbled by irrelevant issues.


fish

In the living room there was a tank of colorful fish.


shift

You have to shift when you go down a steep hill.


construction

He had worked in construction all his life.

Their main business is home construction.


trust

He is the beneficiary of a generous trust set up by his father.


unit

The dollar is the United States unit of currency.


work

Work your way through every problem or task.

Start from the bottom and work towards the top.


admit

To admit a serious thought into the mind.


apply

This thinking was applied to many projects.


court

The noblemen visited the queen in her court.


make

He didn't make the choir after his voice changed.

How much do you make a month in your new job?


match

Their interests didn't match, so it took a long time to agree what to do together.

Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?


militate

To militate in favor of a particular result.

Politeness militated against this opinion being expressed.


range

We hiked through the Andes mountain range.

The valley was between two ranges of hills.


compare

You can't compare my problems and yours.

John compared his haircut to his friend's.


catch

I have some free time tonight so I think I'll catch a movie.


wall

We're adding another wall in this room during the remodeling.


line

You must wait in a long line at the checkout counter.

He has a smooth line but I didn't fall for it.


bum

That guy keeps interrupting the concert. Throw the bum out!

Fred is becoming a bum -- he's not even bothering to work more than once a month.


propagate

Sound and light propagate in this medium.


drop

New Englanders drop their post-vocalic r's.

She dropped acid when she was a teenager.


unit

The dollar is the United States unit of currency.


wash

The car is so dirty, we need to wash it.

The swollen river washed away the footbridge.


feeling

The wool on my arm produced a strange feeling.


movement

A broad movement of the electorate to the right.

He was a charter member of the movement.


confluence

We encountered an abandoned boat at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers.

Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers.


admit

We can not admit non-members into our club building.


face

Put a big sign on each face of the building that can be seen from the road.


application

It is a job requiring serious application.

December 31 is the deadline for MBA applications.


be

There were two hundred people at his funeral.


unravel

Mother couldn't unravel the ball of wool after the cat had played with it.


summer

My family always summered at the seashore.


empathize

You really have to empathize with their doing it.


component

A component or constituent element of a system.


point

The one with the most points will win the game.


raise

Chew with your mouth shut -- were you raised in a barn?


life

The life of this milk carton may be thousands of years in this landfill.


year

This Chinese year is the year of the Rooster.


store

The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat.


masquerade

I was invited to the masquerade at their home.

That masquerade of misrepresentation which invariably accompanied the political eloquence of Rome -- Thomas de Quincey.


connect

The local train does not connect with the Amtrak train.

The planes don't connect and you will have to wait for four hours.


head

We will consider performance issues under the head of future improvements.


waste

Much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers.


chair

He put his coat over the back of the chair and sat down.

All I need to weather a snowstorm is hot coffee, a warm fire, a good book and a comfortable chair.


satellite

The Moon is a natural satellite of the Earth.

Many telecommunication satellites orbit at 36000 km above the equator.


hyponym

A is a hyponym of B means that "A is a type of B.".


impression

I wanted to create an impression of success.


monopoly

A land monopoly renders its holder(s) nearly almighty in an agricultural society.


freeze

Don't go outside wearing just a t-shirt; you'll freeze!


identity

You can lose your identity when you join the army.

It was too dark to determine his identity.


right

You have no right to go through my personal diary.

They are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights.


have

The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter.


stand

Here I stand, wondering what to do next.

I am standing my ground and won't give in!


sign

The hunters found deer sign at the end of the trail.


stand

We had to stand for the entire performance!


be

It has been three years since my grandmother died. (similar to My grandmother died three years ago, but emphasizes the intervening period).


product

We've got to sell a lot of product by the end of the month.

That store offers a variety of products.


grow

The gardener grew that acorn into an oak tree.


spring

The emerging buds were a sure sign of spring.


break

The newsman wanted to break a big story, something that would make him famous.


trial

A trial of progesterone failed to relieve the pain.


case

It may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled.

Latin has six cases, and remnants of a seventh.


point

If he asks for food, point him toward the refrigerator.


implement

It's a good thought, but it will be a difficult thing to implement.


extend

Can we extend the legs of this dining table?


concern

The safety of the ship is the captain's concern.

She felt strong concern for those less fortunate.


change

He attributed the change to their marriage.

Can I get change for this $100 bill please?


charge

The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem.


monopoly

When you have a monopoly you can ask any price you like.


do

A 'B' grade doesn't suffice to get me into medical school.


unravel

Stop playing with the seam of the tablecloth! You will unravel it.


line

I tried to make a call, but the line was dead.


make

How much do you make a month in your new job?

She makes more than he does, and works longer hours than he does, but she still does most of the house-cleaning.


floor

The floor of a cave served the refugees as a home.

They needed rugs to cover the bare floors.


cut

The football player cut to his left to evade a tackle.

The car cut to the left at the intersection.


hegemony

The consolidation of the United States' hegemony over a new international economic system.

The hegemony of a single member state is not incompatible with a genuine confederation.


cover

When the pot comes to a boil, cover it and reduce the heat to medium.

The course covered all of Western Civilization.


admit

To admit a serious thought into the mind.


flatten

As there was a lot of damage, we chose the heavy roller to flatten the pitch.

Mary would flatten the dough before rolling it into pretzels.


stick

The recipe calls for half a stick of butter.


figure

The area covered can be seen from Figure 2.


change

I paid with a twenty and pocketed the change.

The product is undergoing a change in order to improve it.


take

I take aspirin every day to thin my blood.


work

The medicine works only if you take it with a lot of water.


hand

On the one hand ..., but on the other hand ...


gob

He's always stuffing his gob with fast food.


basket

The point guard drove toward the basket.


product

We've got to sell a lot of product by the end of the month.


supplant

Will online dictionaries ever supplant paper dictionaries?

The computer has supplanted the slide rule.


block

He held a large block of the company's stock.


shade

An achievement that puts everything else in the shade.

His brother's success left him in the shade.


opening

He slipped through an opening in the crowd.

A salamander darted out of an opening in the rocks.


help

I served him three times, and after that he helped himself.


system

We can't do it unless we establish some system around here.

The body has a system of organs for digestion.


light

Although he saw it in a different light, he still did not understand.


slowcoach

In England they call a slowpoke a slowcoach.

Hey you slowcoaches in the back! Get a move on!


make

He didn't make the choir after his voice changed.


model

He is the very model of a modern major general.


stick

Stick some feathers in the turkey before you serve it.


disengage

I want to disengage myself from his influence.


breath

Not a breath of scandal ever touched her.

There wasn't a breath of air in the room.


inventory

They stopped selling in exact sizes in order to reduce inventory.

They carried a vast inventory of hardware.


sound

Mariners on sailing ships would sound the depth of the water with a weighted rope.


system

He tried to understand their system of classification.

The system consists of a motor and a small computer.


vicinity

The plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville.

There is a hurricane in the vicinity of the Bahamas.


catch

I have some free time tonight so I think I'll catch a movie.


gift

The office is in the gift of the President.


reaction

The announcement of the verdict brought a violent reaction.

You were in the courtroom. What is your reaction?


image

The company tried to project an altruistic image.

The image of f(x) = x^2 is the set of all non-negative real numbers if the domain of the function is the set of all real numbers.


catch

He played catch with his son in the backyard.


disposition

I have little disposition now to do as you say.


end

One end of the box was marked 'This side up'.


side

He is on the purchasing side of the business.


rest

The boulder came to rest just behind the house after rolling down the mountain.


load

He loaded carbs into his system before the marathon.


patch

The world economy had a rough patch in the 1930s.

The storms last summer washed away parts of the road so we can expect some rough patches up ahead.


develop

Develop a market for the new mobile phone.

Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace.


quarrel

We got into a silly quarrel about what food to order.


surface

The cloth had a pattern of red dots on a white surface.

Earthquakes originate far below the surface.


choice

The ice cream sundae is a popular choice for dessert.


develop

We must develop more potential customers.


application

Massage has far-reaching medical applications.


ease

They put it into containers for ease of transportation.


connection

My headache has no connection with me going out last night.

There was a connection via the internet.


song

Thomas listened to his favorite song on the radio yesterday.


follow

Please follow the guide through the museum.

The ducklings followed their mother around the pond.


induct

There was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy.

The young geisha was inducted into the ways of her profession.


back

The back of the dental chair was adjustable.


wall

Competition was pushing them to the wall.

The wind blew against the walls of the tent.


port

.. the angelic squadron ... began to hem him round with ported spears. -- Milton, Paradise Lost (1667), book IV.


reflection

After careful reflection, I have decided not to vote for that proposition.

He studied his reflection in the mirror.


effect

She retained that bold effect in her reproductions of the original painting.


side

The patient was bleeding on the right side.


crack

The performance was fine until he cracked that dead baby joke.


sign

Those clouds show little sign of raining soon.


run

He went to Las Vegas and spent all his money over a three-day run.


label

We laughed at her because the label was still on her new sweater.

The label says this silk scarf should not be washed in the washing machine.


system

In a static system oil can not be replaced by water on a surface.

A vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going.


side

The hypotenuse of a right triangle is always the longest side.

They painted all four sides of the house.


think

I think she is pretty, contrary to most people.


system

In a static system oil can not be replaced by water on a surface.


audience

The broadcast reached an audience of millions.


goal

The winning goal came with less than a minute left to play.

My lifelong goal is to get into a Hollywood movie.


floor

The pit floor showed where a ring of post holes had been.


canvas

The movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound.

The boxer picked himself up off the canvas.


session

"Are we having a recording session?" "Yes. We've even got some session musicians to provide some brass.".


occasion

Having people round for dinner was always quite an occasion at our house.

It was needed only on special occasions.


act

The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people.


resistance

He encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens.

These trees are widely planted because of their resistance to salt and smog.


view

He changed seat to get a complete view of the stage.


consult

They were content to consult libraries. -- William Whewell.


business

Computers are now widely used in business.

He's such a poor cook, I can't believe he's still in business!


image

The image of f(x) = x^2 is the set of all non-negative real numbers if the domain of the function is the set of all real numbers.

The number 6 is the image of 3 under f that is defined as f(x) = 2*x.


change

The change of government had no impact on the economy.

He inspected several changes before selecting one.


body

They moved their arms and legs and bodies.


repair

One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich.


drive

You drive nails into wood with a hammer.

Their debts finally drove them to sell the business.


charge

The newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving.


check

Katie's sick, so I need to check up on her and see if she needs anything.


stroke

She applied the paint in careful strokes.


light

Magoon's governorship in Cuba was viewed in a negative light by many Cuban historians for years thereafter.


book

They run things by the book around here.

She opened the book to page 37 and began to read aloud.


connect

Herman connected the computers together.


image

The company tried to project an altruistic image.

Although her popular image was contrived it served to inspire music and pageantry.


grace

God's grace is manifested in the salvation of sinners.


keep

She keeps a sixpack and a week's worth of supplies in the refrigerator.


support

His faith was all the support he needed.

They developed a scheme of mutual support.


skeleton

The battalion was a mere skeleton of its former self.


think

I thought for three hours about the problem and still couldn't find the solution.


company

The house was filled with company when I arrived.

Keep the house clean; I have company coming.


variant

All breeds of dog are variants of the species "Canis lupus familiaris".


bite

The government's weekly bite from my paycheck.

After just one night in the jungle I was covered with mosquito bites.


execute

To execute a difficult piece of music brilliantly.


backup

After the power failure, we had to restore the database from backup.

He made a backup in case the original was accidentally damaged or erased.


story

Our shop was on the fourth story of the building, so we had to install an elevator.


court

The house was built around an inner court.


play

I used to play with trucks as a little girl.


hearing

My hearing isn't what it used to be, but I still heard that noise.


mean

I meant to take the car in for a smog check, but it slipped my mind.


concoction

She has no peer in the concoction of mystery stories.


furniture

How much furniture did they leave behind?

There was only one piece of furniture in the room.


miracle

An example of a miracle associated with Muhammad is the splitting of the moon.

Many religious beliefs are based on miracles.


unionize

The company laid off all the workers when they tried to unionize.

We don't allow people to come into our plant and try to unionize the workers.


set

His instructions deliberately gave them the wrong set.


tolerate

I like the way he plays the guitar, but I can't tolerate his voice when he sings.

I can tolerate working on Saturdays, but not on Sundays.


leave

I left my keys inside the car and locked the doors.


pop

The man charged with murder popped a valium to calm his nerves.


window

The expanded window will give us time to catch the thieves.

They had a window of less than an hour when an attack would have succeeded.


carry

To carry well, i.e. to hold the head high, with arching neck.


pit

One must pit a peach to make it ready for a pie.


death

He seemed more content in death than he had ever been in life.


develop

The country developed into a mighty superpower.


order

IBM received an order for a hundred computers.


class

The class of 1982 was particularly noteworthy.

Early morning classes are always sleepy.


care

He doesn't care about how / whether she comes.


heart

The heart and soul of any democracy is its electorate.


smear

The opposition party attempted to smear the candidate by spreading incorrect and unverifiable rumors about their personal behavior.


taste

Arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success.

She enjoyed her brief taste of independence.


overkill

Should I give you yet more homework, or would that be overkill?

24 hours of TV coverage of the US election verged on overkill.


camp

City kids get to see the country at a summer camp.


translate

I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S.


charge

Will you pay cash or charge the purchase?


loss

Everyone expected him to win so his loss was a shock.


house

This is my house and my family's ancestral home.

She felt she had to get out of the house.


surface

Earthquakes originate far below the surface.

Three quarters of the Earth's surface is covered by water.


help

She could not help watching the sad spectacle.

This money will help the development of literacy in developing countries.


case

The teaching consists of theory lessons and case studies.

It may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled.


drop

A single shot was fired and the bird dropped from the sky.


visibility

The visibility from that angle was good.


case

For English, a compositor will ordinarily have two such cases, the upper case containing the capitals and the lower case containing the small letters.


draw

A ship's sail is said to draw when it is filled with wind.


dozen

There shouldn't be more than two dozen Christmas cards left to write.


attendance

A student's attendance is an important factor in her grade.

The class sat down so that the teacher could take attendance.


fish

After the scare about foot-and-mouth disease a lot of people started eating fish instead of meat.


key

The key to development is economic integration.


education

A girl's education was less important than a boy's.


connect

This computer will connect well to the network.


fire

There was a fire at the school last night and the whole place burned down.

We sat around the fire singing songs and telling stories.


coverage

Before laying sod on that clay, the ground needs two inches of coverage with topsoil.

There are overlapping coverages on your insurance policies.


belong

The uniform looks like it belonged to a museum collection.


touch

At his touch the room filled with lights.


industry

American industry is making increased use of computers to control production.

Frugality and industry are still regarded as virtues.


fiddle

We found out that she had been fiddling for years.


stretch

Cats stretch with equal ease and agility beyond the point that breaks a man on the rack.

I always stretch my muscles before exercising.


land

He built the house on land leased from the city.


change

The product is undergoing a change in order to improve it.

This storm is certainly a change for the worse.


grace

It was debated whether saving grace could be obtained outside the membership of the church.

I'm so grateful to God for the grace that He has given me.


raise

Chew with your mouth shut -- were you raised in a barn?


credit

I give you credit for owning up to your mistake.


read

The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball.


right

The pharmacy is just on the right past the bookshop.


one

He has the one but will need a two and three to go with it.


patch

I lost my locket in this patch of grass here.

The world economy had a rough patch in the 1930s.


performance

We congratulated him on his performance at the rehearsal.


origin

The rumor had its origin in idle gossip.


breath

I could hear the breath of the runner behind me.


defense

Defense against hurricanes is an urgent problem.


admit

To admit evidence in the trial of a cause.


suffer

We hope you never have to suffer the same pain.


constriction

Emotion caused a constriction of his throat.


return

They set out on their return to the base camp.


cycle

The cycle of the seasons, or of the year.


check

Katie's sick, so I need to check up on her and see if she needs anything.


color

She used a different color for the trim.

Each flavor of quarks comes in three colors.


foot

I'll meet you at the foot of the stairs.


trade

They are accused of conspiring to constrain trade.

Venice was an important center of trade with the East.


wealth

She brings a wealth of knowledge to the project.

Great wealth is not a sign of great intelligence.


carry

These pipes carry waste water into the river.


opening

The opening received good critical reviews.

John spends two hours a day studying openings, and another two hours studying endgames.


open

He opened the meeting with a long speech.


institution

He had become an institution in the theater.


answer

Nobody answered when I knocked on the door.


cast

Pottery of this cast was found throughout the region.


grace

It was debated whether saving grace could be obtained outside the membership of the church.

The victor's grace in treating the vanquished.


side

He is on the purchasing side of the business.


side

Which side of the tray shall I put it on?


back

They pinned a 'kick me' sign on his back.


gravitation

The gravitation between two bodies is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.

"Gravitation can not be held responsible for people falling in love" -- Albert Einstein.


be

There were two hundred people at his funeral.


ruffle

This play is going to ruffle some people.

She has a way of ruffling feathers among her colleagues.


krona

Kronas kurss -- the exchange rate of the krona.

Papīra krona -- paper krona (i.e., bills, banknotes).


communicate

Do you communicate well with your advisor?

He and his sons haven't communicated for years.


come

Come into contact with a terrorist group.


estate

There are 50 acres of land in this estate.

The family owned a large estate on Long Island.


bar

He bought a hot dog and a coke at the bar.

The boat ran aground on a submerged bar in the river.


reenactment

They're going to the Civil War battle reenactment this weekend.

The reenactment of the battle of Princeton.


restore

He restored my lost faith in him by doing a good deed.


sale

They are having a clearance sale: 50% off.

They held a sale to reduce their inventory.


flatten

Flatten your stomach with these exercises.


canvas

The boxer picked himself up off the canvas.


push

You need to push quite hard to get this door open.


touch

With the lights out, she had to rely on touch to find her desk.

Only sight and touch enable us to locate objects in the space around us.


refer

Christians refer to the mother of Jesus as the Virgin Mary.


dogma

The unforgiving dogma of Stalinism is that what the party leader, however cruel and incompetent, decrees, however absurd, must be accepted as law.


try

The judge tried both father and son in separate trials.


speech

I detected a slight accent in his speech.


cuddle

I'm cold; can you roll over here and cuddle me, honey?


time

Okay, but this is the last time. No more after that!


course

On a building that size, two crews could only lay two courses in a day.


field

He needs some time in the field before his judgment can be trusted.

Field work traditionally distinguishes true archaeologists from armchair archaeologists.


rest

A body will continue in a state of rest until acted upon.

Now that we're all in agreement, we can put that issue to rest.


inspect

Please inspect your father's will carefully.


beg

I beg your pardon. I didn't mean to cause offence.

He begged her to go to the prom with him.


cover

This should cover everyone in the group.


charge

This cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains.

The newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving.


hardship

"I can not think it a hardship that more indulgence is allowed to men than to women" -- James Boswell.


demand

The automobile reduced the demand for buggywhips.


drag

The waitresses looked like missionaries in drag.


draft

His first drafts were better than most authors' final products.


agree

The two stories don't agree in many details.


war

The "war on drugs" is a campaign against the use of narcotic drugs.

In the US, conservatives rail against the "war on Christmas".


breathe

I can breathe better when the air is clean.


boy

The boys were playing kickball in the mud.


crush

She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation.


go

Messages must go through diplomatic channels.


safety

Be sure that the safety is set before proceeding.


fall

She fell to pieces after she lost her work.


forefront

The idea of motion was always to the forefront of his mind and central to his philosophy.

That laboratory researches topics at the forefront of technology.


spring

He will hold office until the spring of next year.

The emerging buds were a sure sign of spring.


pass

She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now.


part

He wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself.


soul

Soul was politically significant during the Civil Rights movement.


sale

You'll find vitamin C for sale at most pharmacies.

The new line of cars will soon be on sale.


note

There was a note of gaiety in her manner.

His notes were appended at the end of the article.


charge

Will you pay cash or charge the purchase?

Charge all weapons, shields, and banners.


tea

Would you be a dear and get me a cup of tea, please?


floor

The floor of a cave served the refugees as a home.


birth

They divorced after the birth of the child.

His election signaled the birth of a new age.


connect

Operator, could you connect me to the Raffles in Singapore?

The local train does not connect with the Amtrak train.


cut

His cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels.


camp

We're planning to camp in the field until Sunday.

The houseguests had to camp in the living room.


pursuit

Unremitting pursuit of wealth doesn't bring happiness, particularly if successful.

The culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit.


work

Do you want to work after the age of 60?


restore

Restore the stolen painting to its rightful owner.


drop

There is not a drop of pity in that man.


streak

I hope I can keep up this streak of accomplishments.


stuff

What is all that stuff on your bedroom floor?


account

He gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president.

He asked to see the executive who handled his account.


hit

I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts.


presentation

He prepared his presentation carefully in advance.

Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations.


see

You have to be a good observer to see all the details.


tab

Files with a red tab will be stored separately.


pay

He was allowed to go as soon as he paid.


side

He is on the purchasing side of the business.


time

The judge leniently granted a sentence with no hard time.


antagonist

A flexor, which bends a part, is the antagonist of an extensor, which extends it.

When bending the elbow the triceps are the antagonist.


reseat

We should reseat this cinema-the old seats are worn.


approach

I was approached by the President to serve as his adviser in foreign matters.


face

They climbed the north face of the mountain.

She wanted to wipe him off the face of the earth.


look

I don't like the look of the new design.


system

They had to devise a system that did not depend on cooperation.

The body has a system of organs for digestion.


subject

A moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject.


way

Come this way and I'll show you a shortcut.


compass

Within the compass of an encircling wall.


fatigue

The American public is experiencing scandal fatigue.


blight

Too much rain may blight the garden with mold.


note

I didn't have any coins to pay with, so I used a note.

He peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes.


run

The Yankees scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th.


shot

A good shot requires good balance and tempo.


irritate

It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves.


loss

The company operated at a loss last year.


tea

The store shelves held many different kinds of tea.

Would you be a dear and get me a cup of tea, please?


agonist

When bending the elbow the biceps are the agonist.

Acetylcholine is an agonist at the a cholinergic receptor.


coverage

Don't go to lunch if we don't have enough coverage for the help-desk phones.

There are overlapping coverages on your insurance policies.


nationality

Such images define their sense of nationality.

Immigrants of the same nationality often seek each other out.


post

I'll post the news on the bulletin board.


loss

The match ended in their first loss of the season.

The company operated at a loss last year.


assimilate

The teacher paused in her lecture to allow the students to assimilate what she had said.

This country assimilates immigrants very quickly.


bite

I'll have a quick bite to quiet my stomach until dinner.


reaction

There was a chemical reaction of the lime with the ground water.

His reaction to the news was to start planning what to do.


connect

The telephone company finally put in lines to connect the towns in this area.

Did you finally connect with your long-lost cousin?


interest

He has a lot of interest in vintage cars.

The iron interests stepped up production.


check

The tablecloth had red and white checks.


save

Where did I save that document? I can't find it on the desktop.


stand

The army made a final stand at the Rhone.


spread

She liked to spread butter on her toast while it was still hot.


trim

They traditionally trim the tree on Christmas Eve.


spread

The missionaries quickly spread their new message across the country.


patch

Doesn't that patch of clouds looks like a bunny?

The storms last summer washed away parts of the road so we can expect some rough patches up ahead.


opening

There was a small opening between the trees.

A salamander darted out of an opening in the rocks.


place

Do you want to come over to my place later?


swimsuit

Jade refused to go swimming with her brother until he helped her find her favorite swimsuit.

Put on your swimsuit and let's go for a swim.


ability

This wood has the ability to fight off insects, fungus, and mold for a considerable time.

This phone has the ability to have its software upgraded wirelessly.


example

This patient provides a typical example of the syndrome.


stuff

He didn't want his pockets to bulge so he was walking around with all his stuff in his hands.


fun

She asked for money and then the fun began.


foulness

His display of foulness deserved severe punishment.


rotate

We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil.


support

They developed a scheme of mutual support.


wash

The car is so dirty, we need to wash it.


spring

You can visit me in the spring, when the weather is bearable.