shutout; shutting out; locking out; shutout; allowing no runs (goals, etc.)
growth period (in children)
all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy
leaving all your textbooks, etc., at school
large build; large pattern
with a clink (click, clack)
high-pitched tone; soprano
resonance; sympathetic vibration
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
magic; Magic Marker; felt-tip pen; magic number
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good
elbowing (someone); rejection; rebuff
backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
stomach acid; gastric acid
drop in the bucket; very small quantity; chicken feed; insignificant amount; (lit.) sparrow tears
heartless; cruel; causes and actions; results of actions in previous life
explosive; blasting powder
big fan (of something or someone); great fan
faint hopes; dim prospects; little hope; unlikely (to be successful)
miserable; wretched; lonely; dreary; shabby; comfortless
international politics; world politics
to attract interest; to capture attention
to put on a patronizing air
SM; S&M; sado-masochism; shopping mall
sudden fall; sharp fall; sudden drop; sharp drop
drawing; diagram; plans; blueprint
to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature
inner structure; internal anatomy
quirk of fate; curious coincidence; happy chance
feeling restless; feeling nervous; fidgety; distracted
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)