accelerator; accelerator pedal; gas pedal
dive (e.g. into water); (underwater) diving; dive (of an aircraft)
department store; department
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
Mother's Day (2nd Sunday of May)
to grasp back; to squeeze back; to grab back
to mow down; to scythe down; to knock someone off their feet
naked eye; the physical eye
kind; variety; (biological) species; (logical) species
one swing; one shake (e.g. of pepper); one sword
whirlwind; sensation; commotion; hullabaloo
papilionaceous; butterfly-shaped
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
suicidal act; self-destroying action; suicidal action
close combat; close(-quarter) fighting; in-fighting
counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
burden; load (e.g. CPU time, electricity, etc.)
creaking; groaning (e.g. under physical stress)
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
virtually empty; quite empty; inadequately defended; defenseless; defenceless
to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)
to be choked up; to be crushed (emotionally); to be overcome (with emotion); to be shocked; to be horrified
pearls thrown before swine; unused possession; useless possession; waste of talent
having one's back to the wall; having nowhere to go; having no way out; not having another chance
to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice
to be at a loss how to continue; to become disheartened
ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
untalkative; quiet; taciturn; reticent; uncommunicative
to bend; to warp; to lose heart
connotation; comprehension; intension; inclusion; containment within
yoke; constraints; oppression