operation; functioning; running
restlessly; in continuous motion
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
(sense of) sight; eyesight; vision
friction; rubbing; chafing; discord; friction
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
without trouble; easily; readily
to bring back; to restore
to become fine (of fabric); to be checkmated; to be hard pressed; to be at a loss
implication; hidden meaning; latitude; atmosphere; tone; sentiment
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
divergence; ramification; bifurcation; branching off
in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run
direct unforked road; straight path
(dead) end; end of the line
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
all you have to do is; just; that's all
gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
to run swiftly; to speed; to dash; to charge ahead (in pursuit of some goal); to push forward
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
to fail to die (after attempting suicide); to fail to kill oneself; to come close to dying; to be almost killed; to survive (when others died); to outlive others
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
old-fashioned; behind the times; out-of-date; antiquated
just like that; quite so; I agree; that street
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
(wielding) dual swords (esp. in fiction); twin swords; pair of Chinese straight swords wielded simultaneously (oft. sharing a single scabbard)
one cup (of); one glass (of); one drink (of alcohol); full; filled (with); fully; to capacity
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
in its entirety; whole; wholly
to cut out; to clip from; to extract
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
to step on (a nail); to run (a nail) through one's foot; to put one's foot through (the floor)
unable to fight (esp. in video games); unconscious; knocked out; dead