to be about to get on (a train, bus, etc.); to be about to board; to start (doing); to begin; to get on top of; to lean over
horseback riding; sitting astride; straddling
reputation; respectability; honour; honor
principles of a martial art; underlying theory of a martial arts technique
gaining nothing by; getting nowhere by
to throw up (e.g. mud); to splash (up); to flip up; to tip up; to raise sharply (e.g. prices); to hike
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
absolutely; positively; decidedly
urine; piss; pee; breaking a contract
to overflow from something full
thickly; densely; luxuriantly
meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
prey (i.e. of a predator); kill; victim (of a crime, a hoax, etc.)
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
great speed; recklessly fast speed
to run through; to run past
revolving lantern; ever-changing scene (e.g. life flashing before one's eyes)
to escape from; to get out
plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution
alternately; by turns; one after the other
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
ball; ball (pitch delivered outside the strike zone); board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
to be blurred (due to motion; of a photo, video, etc.); to be shaken (of a camera); to waver (in one's beliefs, policy, etc.); to shift (position); to be slightly off
gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
end (of life); death; demise; (peacefully) spending one's final years
continuous; continual; unceasing; incessant; without interruption
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative; producing a negative from a positive
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over
damn it; damn; beast; animal; person reborn into the animal realm; brute
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
overheating; overexcitement