tailwind; fair wind; favorable wind (favourable); favorable condition (favourable); advantageous situation
preference; priority; precedence
regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
sound of two hard thin objects rubbing together; crunch crunch
handrail; railing; banister
to miss one's footing; to be off the right track; to be on the wrong path
to thrust down; to push off
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
centre of gravity (center); centroid; barycenter; (one's) balance
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
gushingly; copiously; profusely; in a steady stream
to pound (e.g. heart); to pulse (e.g. vein); to pulsate
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"
actor; actress; player; performer
effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
to be overproduced; to be incredibly good (e.g. for a child); to go much better than expected; to be too good to be true (of a story, etc.)
to swing; to shake; to wave; to veer; to deflect; to lean towards
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
quickly; calmly; intently
clear; precise; definite; distinct
pursuit (of a fleeing enemy); chase
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
to freeze (from fear); to be unable to (too frightened to) run
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
to warp; to bend backwards; to throw the head (or shoulders) back; to throw out the chest
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)