(playground) slide; (ship) launching platform; sliding bed
play equipment; playground equipment
arbor; arbour; bower; summer house; square gazebo
singularity; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; specificity
to fall into disgrace with; to incur someone's displeasure
what if (as in "what if" stories)
to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
mechanism used to lift an actor onto the stage (in kabuki)
to go too far; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it
claw sharpening; scratching post (for cats); claw sharpener
bang on the money; spot on; right answer
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
light pink; light crimson
to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to symbolise
to go to hell; to fall into hell; to be damned
rare (or peculiar) animal
in the same way as; just like
dawn; daybreak; first light of day; first indication; glimpse; gleam
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
leaving everything up to someone else
Chibanian (proposed geologic age)
geomagnetism; terrestrial magnetism
e-mail service provided by phone company
great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
early arrival (at work); reporting early for work; taking an early shift; leaving the house early in the morning (to go to work)
balance wheel (in a watch); balance
uniform resource locator; URL
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question