massing (of troops); gathering
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
to get carried away; to become over-excited; to push one's luck; to push a good thing too far
guinea pig (Cavia porcellus); subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
to shoot (a gun, person, etc.); to fire
aorta; important traffic route
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
by-product; spin-off; outgrowth; side effect
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
transplanting (a plant); transplant; transplantation (of an organ, tissue, etc.); transplant; embryo transfer; embryo transplant
combat power; fighting strength
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
annihilation; extermination; (total) destruction; wiping out
acrylic (esp. fibre or resin)
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
one's body; one's person; oneself; one's appearance; one's place (in society, etc.); one's position
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
existence; being; presence
blunder; bungle; clumsiness
to expel (from the body); to let off (a fart); to utter (a lie, nonsense, etc.); to say; to do
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
why; how; for what reason
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do