baseball club (at a university, corporation, etc.); baseball team
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
to have one's breath taken away; to gasp (in surprise, wonder, etc.); to have one's breath catch in one's throat; to gulp
exhausting work; hard work; severe duty
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
malice; ill will; bad air; noxious vapour; miasma
with a plunge (of something sharp into something soft); with a thrust; with a stab; sullenly; sulkily; glumly
nobility; aristocracy; peerage
(act of) writing on a blackboard
mechanical pencil; automatic pencil; propelling pencil
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
smoothly; frictionlessly; easily
to have steady nerves; to gain courage; to become brave; to become confident
student number (for seating, etc. in class)
gallant; manly; brave; imposing; awe-inspiring; chivalrous
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
the five elements (in Chinese philosophy: wood, fire, earth, metal and water); the five phases; five practices of the Bodhisattvas; the five pillars of Islam
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
co-sleeping; sleeping together
recovering one's spirits; rejuvenation; refection
(short) run; drive; ride; spin
soundly (of sleeping); (sleeping) like a log
surreptitious glance; looking furtively
lime; quicklime; caustic lime
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
number of (large) animals
joint together; opposite; facing
defense; defence; fielding
very much; exceedingly; extremely
swing and a miss; (punching and) failing to make contact; (ending in) failure; fruitless effort
swing (of a golf club, tennis racket, etc.); swing; swing
main point; essential point; important thing; necessity; need; requirement
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
centre; center; center fielder