high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
to drive in (a nail, stake, etc.); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into; to shoot into; to input (data)
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
capable person; talented person; person with supernatural powers (in fiction); competent person; person with legal capacity
flash (of light); glint; schiller
shiatsu; acupressure; form of Japanese finger-pressure therapy
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou dynasty Chinese army)
such ... as; or some such
curse; spell; malediction
driving; pounding in; falling badly in love; putting (one's heart) into; step recording (in electronic or computer music)
phoenix (bird of Egyptian mythology); phoenix (any palm tree of genus Phoenix, incl. the date palm)
Chinese firebird; Chinese phoenix
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
atrocious; heinous; fiendish; brutal; vicious
two times; twice; two degrees
to repeat; to do over again
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
registration; accession; register; entry; record; subscription
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking
unmanageable child; spoiled child (spoilt); spoiled brat
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
to appear uncomfortable (with); to seem to hate; to express dislike
personality; character; individuality; personhood
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
blank email (e.g. for signing up to an email list)
to add (e.g. a postscript)
to spread (of a rumour, news, etc.); to travel; to be handed down (from generation to generation); to be passed down; to be introduced (to a country, region, etc.); to be brought; to be conveyed (of a feeling, impression, etc.)
to send (something) unsolicited; to send without the receiver's request
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
never mind!; don't worry about it
destination; recipient; addressee
telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
end; close; conclusion; termination
no matter how much time passes; no matter how long you wait; (taking) forever
a few seconds; several seconds
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...