hostile nature; inimical character
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.); open; frank; open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
book; volume; this; present; main; head
gently; mildly; leniently; don't be too hard on me (us, them); go easy on me
(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
third day of the month; three days
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
platform; home; home base; home plate
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
long military service; having experienced many battles
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
in this manner; in this way; like this
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
deflation; contraction; shrinking; constriction
deployment; spreading out; dispersal
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
power; might; authority; influence
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
disk; discus; flying saucer; disc media (CD, DVD, etc.)
canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space
big crunch (theoretical reversal of the big bang resulting in the demise of the universe)
half and half; half-and-half
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
leader (of an alliance); leading power
to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)
canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space
stupid plan; inane way of doing something; (one's own) plan or project