repeated at intervals; every other (day, week, month, ...)
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
aeroplane; airplane; aircraft
zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; ardour
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
work; business; company; study
leader; authority; mainstay
eccentricity; eccentric behaviour
thousands; several thousand
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
bacterium; bacteria; germ
moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about
steel; steal (baseball, basketball)
mental illness; psychosis
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning
drill bit; drill; drill (practice); drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus)
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
tool (esp. software, etc.); tour (e.g. Tour de France)