pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
rail (track); (curtain) rail; track (for a sliding door); groundwork; spadework
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
hearsay; learning by hearsay
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
bad ending (in a film, novel, etc.); unhappy ending
to jump over; to leap over; to fly over; to fly across; to jump ahead (of someone); to skip over
having at one's mercy; trifling with; toying with; playing with; making a fool of; leading around by the nose
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
period (of life) when one is enjoying more romantic attention than usual
returning tit for tat; retaliating
masterpiece; masterwork; crowning work; one's magnum opus; work of the highest quality
gondola (boat, esp. in Venice); gondola (hot-air balloon, airship, etc.); basket; scaffold (building); display shelf (shop)
difference in grades (e.g. in go, shoji, etc.); difference in level (e.g. road, footpath); ramp; steps
black ground; black cloth
crossed line; crossing of wires; crosstalk; getting mixed up (of different topics in a conversation); confusion; (talking at) cross-purposes
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)
to buy (stock, materials, etc.); to purchase; to lay in; to get; to obtain
rough (estimate, summary, etc.); broad; general; careless (e.g. work); sloppy; crude
leaving a matter to chance
reassessment; reappraisal; reevaluation; revaluation
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
keyman; key person (e.g. of a company)
seat belt; seatbelt; safety belt
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; strikingly; outstandingly; especially
without oxygen; anaerobic; anoxia; hypoxia
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
light (color, taste, etc.); faint (e.g. smell); pale; faint (feeling, hope, etc.); fleeting; slight