tearing limb from limb; tearing apart; cutting (a person) to pieces
fury; flying into a rage; outrage
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
on the brink of collapse; in a state of near-collapse
to muster (e.g. one's courage); to call forth; to rouse up; to be enlivened; to be invigorated
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
craving; longing; thirsting
shell (e.g. electron shell)
loud sound; loud reverberation
to have one's hair stand on end
overlooking; looking down at; having an overhead view; having a bird's-eye view; having a high-angle view
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
compression; condensing; shortening; compression (of data)
insertion; interposition; interpolation; infix
high voltage; high pressure
firing (esp. a rocket or missile); launching; shooting; ejaculation
in one's hands; in one's control
pivot foot; emphasis; priority; focus
to decrease; to be reduced; to reduce; to lessen; to subtract; to deduct
sharp (eyes, ears, etc.); keen; acute; sharp-witted; shrewd; clever
artery; arterial road; major route
son of a bitch; piece of shit
wastepaper; scrap of paper; paper scraps
unskillful; childish; immature; naive; artless; clumsy
rigour; rigor; closeness; compactness; tightly knit
blunt (e.g. sword); dull; lazy; cowardly; good for nothing
to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity
incomplete; unfinished; imperfect
to brush off; to shake off
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
measure taken too late; measure taken in haste
it is not everything to ...
long-handled Chinese spear; lance; weapon; arms; grip of a bow; parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears
ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
pillar of fire; blazing column