phantom; vision; illusion
visual hallucination; vision
gentlemanly; well-mannered; well-bred; gentlemanlike
bursting; rupture; explosion; breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off
bomb blast; blast (from an explosion); shock wave
completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday
leaf (of a tree); tree leaves; foliage
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
use; utilization; utilisation; application
no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to live up to (one's) expectations; to meet expectations
legend; folklore; tradition
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
individual; private person; personal; natural person
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
suddenly; abruptly; quickly
worn-out; run-down; shabby; tattered; dilapidated
excavation; exhumation; digging up; discovery (of a new fact, talent, etc.); finding; unearthing
receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)
head start; initiative; preemption
four (long cylindrical things)
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
high and low; rise and fall
trajectory; line of fire; ballistic
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
spring (device); spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
ceiling; ceiling (e.g. of share price); ceiling price
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
succeeding; following; trailing; next
keeping an alternative up one's sleeve; two-stage preparation
high and low speed; fast and slow; lenience and severity; emergency; crisis
firearms; missile; projectile weapon
physical law; laws of physics
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
single combat; duel; one-on-one fight
to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
addition; annexation; appendage
to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of