one has no other choice but to do what one has to do
right in the center (centre)
prefix used to strengthen a derogatory adjective
strategy meeting; council of war
useless resistance; vain struggle
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
pin (e.g. hairpin, bowling pin, golf pin, etc.); one (on dice, in cards, etc.); beginning; best; kickback
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
judgement; judgment; refereeing; umpiring; referee; umpire
nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
phi; diameter (units assumed, esp. mm)
smooth; shiny; slippery; greasy; slurping (noodles)
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
safe; in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); all right; OK
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)