Vocabulary

rod; pole

eyeball

solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy

many; numerous

steamship; steamboat; steamer

to look up (at)

running fast; double time

to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in

exaggeration

to guess; to sense; to presume; to judge

trouble; bother

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

erasure; deletion; elimination; clearing

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

longed-for; anxiously awaited

appointment

command; lead; generalship; leadership

the same age

thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned

germination; sprouting; budding

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

incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incapacity

cold storage; refrigeration

brilliant; splendid; glorious; magnificent; spectacular

quantity of heat (e.g. in calories, BTU, etc.); heat value; calorific value

ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious

ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy

to face on; to look out on to

business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed

to twine; to get tangled; to get entangled; to get caught (in)

to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)

to banter; to make fun of; to jeer at

crossing without meeting (e.g. letters in the post, people on the road); going astray

whim; caprice; fancy

left-handedness; left-handed person; left-hander

marriage proposal; marriage talks

to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to die away

forwarding; sending on; redirecting (e.g. mail)

sea route

(plant) bulb