provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
feeling; sensation; tentative; rough; interjection
charge (electrical); recharging; charge (fee); topping up (a contactless smart card); recharging; refuelling; charge
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run; to start moving (e.g. a vehicle); to take off; to get under way
vacuum; absolute void; complete vacuity
like this; this sort; this way
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
wood; lumber; (raw) material; stuff; talent; ability
interference; intervention; meddling
something or other; what-do-you-call-it; what-do-you-call-them; blah blah blah; yada yada yada
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
regular pay; fixed salary
performance-based pay; performance-based compensation; commission
leadership; initiative; spearhead
more than usual (usu. time)
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
to blow off (strongly); to blow away; to drive away (e.g. one's worries); to dispel; to do at great speed (e.g. drive a car); to carry out (a task) very quickly
in any case; regardless; either way; since it makes no difference anyway (you might as well ...); since it won't change the outcome; if you are doing it regardless
to have no chance (of succeeding)
sliver of hope; gleam of hope; ray of hope
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
full load; being fully loaded (with); being full of (articles, photos, etc.; of a newspaper or magazine); being packed with (e.g. fun, excitement)
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
fresh in one's mind; fresh in one's memory
meteor; shooting star; falling star
stars; the stars and planets; celestial bodies
aperture; bore; calibre; caliber
magnetism; magnetic force
merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling
bombarding; shelling; bombardment
stronghold; citadel; base (of operations); headquarters
inner structure; internal anatomy
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
the place for; the time for; the level of
even though; despite; when
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
online; on the line (of a ball; in tennis, volleyball, etc.)