to grab attention; to attract notice; to be eye-catching
to persuade; to urge; to coax; to make advances (to); to seduce; to court
recklessness; daredevilry; daredevil; reckless person
specific medicine; wonder drug; silver bullet
to profess to be; to pass oneself off (as); to advertise oneself (as); to advertise; to announce; to make publicly known
strange disease; rare disease
true state; actual condition; reality
tail and fins; embellishment (of a story, rumor, etc.); exaggeration
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
repetitious; long-winded; heavy (taste); (overly) rich; gaudy (colour, design, etc.); loud
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
black cat; Yamato Transport (door-to-door delivery service company)
repeated occurrence; frequently occurring
every one (of them); (one and) all; without exception; to a man; to the last person
footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
base (of operations); site; location; center; foothold; stronghold
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
narrow-minded; obstinate; stubborn; perverse; unreasonable; warped
darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!
caller; visitor; company; guest
beard (esp. on the chin); goatee
to comb down; to smooth down
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
the latter; the second; successor; descendant
affectation; pretension; thin veneer; blunt sword with a tempered steel edge
screw; screw propeller; screw
coaxial mounting; multiple mounting
from the beginning; from scratch
baseline design; preliminary design; basic design
core; core; hardcore; all-out
aquatic life; water creatures
streamlined shape; aerodynamic shape
common; ordinary; conventional; customary
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
to highlight something; to bring something to the forefront
dolphin (or other small toothed whales, incl. porpoises, belugas, etc.)
firmly; flatly; definitely (wrong, different, etc.); absolutely; by far; far and away
neither this nor that; being at a loss; humming and hawing; shilly-shallying