steel frame; steel beam; steel girder
mysterious; bewitching; alluring; enticing; enchanting
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
to shut oneself in (one's house, room, etc.); to confine oneself (to); to barricade oneself (in a building); to entrench oneself; to hole up
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
paralysis; palsy; numbness; loss of sensation; standstill; state of paralysis
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in
switch; switch; points; switch (from one thing to another); change
comma; decimal point; radix point
a few seconds; several seconds
shock; tremor; impact; vibration
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
(bank) balance; remainder
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
all (that one has); all (that there is); everything; as much as possible; as much as one can; to the utmost
10th day of the month; ten days
fort; stronghold; fortification
in order to do; for the purpose of doing; must; should
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
(not) at all; (not) by any means; (cannot) possibly; absolutely
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
ditch; drain; gutter; gap (between cutting guides)
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
rate; ratio; one tenth; ten percent; (comparative) profit; gain; assignment
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
to end in vain; to be wasted effort
paranoid; obsessive; fixated; monomaniacal
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
absolutely; completely; utterly; really; simply; only
blunder; slip; error; error
to reflect on (oneself, past conduct, etc.); to contemplate; to examine; to think over; to introspect
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to do one's best; to put forth every effort
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough