shutting tightly; making airtight; sealing hermetically
to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength
dizziness (from standing up too fast); orthostatic syncope; lightheadedness; vertigo
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained
to feel giddy; to totter; to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver; to wander aimlessly; to loiter
hearth; fireplace; furnace; kiln; young girl; childlike young woman
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
bellows (of an accordion, camera, etc.); cornice; rickrack; ricrac; pleated shape; accordion pleats
ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material); Ruby (programming language)
freely; right and left; as one pleases
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
cutting straight down; cleaving (a person) in two
cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot
with a clatter; with a rattle; (almost) empty; (mostly) vacant; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (the contents); to tell everything; to open one's heart; to reveal (a secret, the truth, etc.)
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
representation; agency; proxy; proxy; agent; representative
yoke; constraints; oppression
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
science fiction; sci-fi; SF
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
engraving a seal; engraved seal; engraving; inscribing; brand (i.e. a mark of disgrace); stamp
achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service
reloading (a web page); reloading (a gun, etc.)
magazine (for a firearm); cylinder (of a revolver)
orbit; trajectory; (railroad) track; (right) track; proper course
to pierce; to go through; to remove (partitions between rooms); to knock (e.g. two rooms) into one; to carry out (to completion)
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)