to lose heart; to lose motivation
doing as one is told; yes-man
offensive (movement); aggression
to turn; to shift; to switch; to change; to alter
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)
vital part (of the body); tender spot; key point; essential point; male crotch (as a target in fighting); vital point
living flesh; flesh and blood; living (human); raw (flesh, esp. fish)
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
to have a lot on one's shoulders; to bear a lot of responsibility
to seethe; to ferment; to boil over
to make a fool of (someone)
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
vitality; energy; dynamism
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
to stand on end; to bristle up; to be ruffled
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
cutting through cloth; sound of cutting through cloth; shrieking sound; woman's scream; cry of the lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
palm heel; heel of the palm
torrential rain; heavy rain; cloudburst; downpour
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
waves that remain after the wind has subsided; after-effect; aftermath
shooting down (an aircraft)
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
trouble; bother; number of moves; number of punches; number of liberties
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
to give no leeway; to press (for an answer, etc.); to shower (questions on someone)
training; drill; practice; discipline
regulation; adjustment; control
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
to rekindle one's love; to fall in love again (with a person one has previously been in love with)
companion; partner; spouse
inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
little by little; bit by bit
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
innate ability; innate talent; natural gift