reluctant
not willing to do something and therefore slow to do it
mess around
My brother likes messing around with computers
noose
The noose of poverty was tightening (= becoming more serious) daily
to summon
We were summoned to the headmaster's office
to suppress
to prevent something from being seen or expressed or from operating. The virus suppresses the body's immune system.
inconclusive
His justification is inconclusive (not giving or having a result or decision)
Compartment
She folded her coat and put it in the overhead luggage compartment.
flask
a special container that keeps drinks hot or cold
stingray
a large, flat, round fish with a long tail that has poisonous points on it
tedious
The problem is I find most forms of exercise so tedious.
to chuckle
She was chuckling as she read the letter ( grin/smirk)
to sober up
to become less drunk, or to make someone become less drunk. I went for a walk to try to sober up.
deportment / comportment
the way a person walks and stands OR the way a person behaves
to circumvent
We circumvent this problem by using this measurement and combining it with other known transformations
to revive
My plants revived as soon as I gave them some water (to come or bring something back to life, health, existence, or use)
latter
In the latter stages of the fight he began to tire
mess up
to spoil or damage something, or to do something wrong or badly