atomic energy; nuclear power
equipping; installing; fitting; mounting; putting on
lower part; substructure; subordinate (office); good and faithful servant
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
accelerator; accelerator pedal; gas pedal
to smoke (a cigarette); to behave as ...; to accelerate; to rev up
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
bodyguard; bouncer; bar (e.g. on a door); bolt; stick or pole used for self-defence
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
advance; moving forward; progress
sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break
acceleration; speeding up
gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
one's post; one's position; one's station; one's round; one's beat; one's route
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
unevenness; roughness; ruggedness; inequality; imbalance; unevenness
numerical value; numerics; reading (on a meter, etc.)
display device; graphics device
one Nth part (e.g. one fifth, one tenth); one out of N
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
front entrance; front door
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
stripe; bar; streak; (weaved) stripe pattern (of 2 or more different colors)
smooth (skin, etc.); sleek; velvety; silky
racing (an engine); idling (an engine); going in circles (esp. argument, discussion, etc.); spinning one's wheels
flight; desertion; escape
loss; feeling of loss; Los Angeles
capable of anything; liable to do