to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
to refuse; to reject; to repel; to repulse; to make (someone) leave; to send away
to throw at; to turn; to raise
no!; no no!; no, not at all
leaving (a light, TV, etc.) on; leaving engaged (e.g. a key in a lock)
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute
Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)
to get angry; to get mad; to be angular; to be square
putting into operation; invocation
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
even; even if ...; even though ...; because ...; as ...; with the purpose of ...
to be blown off; to be blown away; to disappear; to vanish; to rush; to hurry
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent
shouting in a thunderous voice; blustering out
to scatter away; to blast away; to blow away (via explosion)
before one's eyes; in one's presence; up close; personally
to burst (open); to break; to split
to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at
step; stride; counter for steps
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
offset; offsetting each other; set-off; setoff; killing each other
to have a reason; to have an excuse
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
to pin (someone) down; to hold down; to shut out (one's opponent); to keep (the opposing team) from scoring; to suppress; to control
to grow restive; to begin to act violently