lifeline; safety rope; safety tether
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
official name; formal name
box; box (in theatre); booth (in restaurant, etc.); small rectangular building (e.g. telephone box); rectangular field area (batter's box, catcher's box); box (calfskin); central 4x4 area (othello)
assessment (of value, damages, etc.); revision (of a budget)
reduced scale; scaling down
man and horse; rider and horse; centaur
scorpion (Scorpiones spp.)
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
friend; companion; acquaintance; friendship; companionship
copy (of the real thing); copying; reproduction; tracing
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
(arch.) gourd; (arch.) calabash; (arch.) bottle gourd; dried gourd, used as flask
dispute; conflict; trouble; strife
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
to tame (e.g. animal); to domesticate
(arch.) the art of war; (arch.) martial arts; military force; the sword; valor; bravery
offense; offence; method of attack
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
artificial island city; floating city
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
to play with fire; to do something very dangerous; to take a great risk; (lit.) to step on a tiger's tail
sure punishment or reward
ordinary; run-of-the-mill; usual
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
colluding; complicity; liaison; compromise; giving in
to stick out too much; to protrude too far; to be too strong (e.g. of tea); to be too forward; to be too assertive; to be pushy
to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine