canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
rafflesia (Rafflesia arnoldii); monster flower; stinking corpse lily
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
how many people; a number of people
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
compression; condensation; constriction; compaction
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
sight (e.g. of a gun); aim; alignment
proximity; nearness; being nearby; approaching; drawing near; coming close
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
opinion; point of view; visual point
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on)
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
point of reference; reference point
decision; settlement; definition
after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
doing as one is told; yes-man
to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance
corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
short-tempered; quick-tempered; hasty
flash (of light); glint; schiller
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
producer's price; PP; polypropylene; PP
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly