to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
to mistake (A for B); to misread
firearms; missile; projectile weapon
to follow someone's last wishes; to fulfil a dying wish
snakelike; snaky; serpentine
megaphone; bullhorn; loudhailer
echo; ultrasound scan; echographic examination
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand
to provide; to furnish; to equip; to install
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
catch; catching; catch; shop tout; puller-in; catching (in swimming and boating); catching the water
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to pulverize; to break into pieces; to beat to a pulp; to defeat completely; to crush
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
attraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation); affinity; gravitational pull; attractiveness; magnetism
to bawl; to cry; to scream
out of control; out of hand; unmanageable; nothing one can do
to rage; to run amok (amuck); to tear around
to get one's head around; to think about
propulsive power; driving force
cruising range; flying range
to float; to save (on one's expenses); to scrimp; to half-rise, e.g. to one's feet
ship's nationality; ship's country of registration
understood; I see; OK; present; here
skip (bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot); skipping (over); skip (captain of a curling team); skipper
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
to get cracked; to develop a crack; to be fissured
to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over