taking the podium; mounting the rostrum; going on stage to give a speech, etc.
majority group (party, faction)
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
taking someone away by force; transportation (e.g. for forced labor); forced transport (e.g. to a police station)
peremptory command; must-obey order; absolute instruction; categorical imperative
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
personification; impersonation; embodiment
seat belt; seatbelt; safety belt
accelerator (pedal); gas pedal
crossing (a road, river, etc.); cutting through (e.g. of a river through a town); crossing (east-west); traversing; cutting horizontally; sectioning laterally
dizzying (speed, changes, etc.); rapid; drastic; bewildering; hectic; bustling (e.g. world)
to change places (with); to be replaced (with, by); to be changed; to change (seats, shifts, etc.; with someone); to switch; to exchange
race track; course; express trail
warp (fictional faster-than-light spacecraft propulsion)
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
multi-storey car park (multi-story); parking structure; parking deck; mechanical stacked car park
unselfishness; wanting little
abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender
number of stairs or stories (storeys); rank; order
leasing (out); renting out; hiring out; letting
not yet known; unknown; strange
clean; hygienic; sanitary; pure; virtuous; immaculate
end (of a street, hallway, etc.)
wallet; purse; coin purse; billfold; pocketbook
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; card; program
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
(standing) straight; (extending) flatly; with a snap; abruptly; sticking into (with a quick motion); attaching
to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
to buy a replacement; to replace (with a new purchase)
to shift something to; to move something into; to transfer; to transpose; to exchange; to displace