shortcut; taking a shortcut; (keyboard) shortcut; short-cut hairstyle for women
gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance
division; splitting; sharing; distribution; dissemination; allocation
firing line; caustic curve
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
felling timber; cutting down trees; logging; lumbering
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
to throw up (e.g. mud); to splash (up); to flip up; to tip up; to raise sharply (e.g. prices); to hike
to take the blame; (lit.) to cover oneself in mud
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
landline telephone; fixed-line telephone
ahead; forward; (in) front; having a square front
and (also); both ... and; as well as
to trail (of smoke, clouds, etc.); to hang (of mist, haze, etc.); to lie (over); to linger; to flow (e.g. of hair in the wind)
exhaust; emission (of gas from an engine); expulsion (of air); ventilation
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
to take the form (of); to assume a shape
in deep black; in jet black
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
naked eye; the physical eye
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
milli-; 10^-3; millimetre; millimeter
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
collision; crash; impact; clash; skirmish; conflict
short stature; short figure
stubble; unshaven face; beard one has because one is too lazy to shave; 5-o'clock shadow
person who tends to find things bothersome; person who does not like to make an effort
to become famous; to make a name for oneself
to buy (of a government, public agency, etc. from a private citizen); to purchase; to buy up (all of something)