being seen here and there; appearing in various places
fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; last-ditch effort
to bind (a criminal) with rope; to arrest; to seize; to bind (something) with rope
to get cold feet; to back away; to withdraw
to soothe and humor; to coax
spontaneous generation; abiogenesis; natural occurrence; spontaneous occurrence
science; to think about scientifically; to think in terms of science
bank; weir; embankment; levee
high place; high ground; height; broad (point of) view
taking the opportunity to do something; doing something incidentally; doing something while (you) are at it; doing something on the way; while I'm at it
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
condition entry; conditional phrase
to behave well; to mind one's manners
limited express (train for which a limited-express ticket is required); limited express (train making a limited no. of stops); great hurry
fishing industry; fishery
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
threshold (amount, dose, etc.)
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
out of focus; off the point
to be launched (e.g. rocket); to lift off; to be washed up (on the shore)
call for attention; alert; heads-up; reminder
diving; submerging; going underwater
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
diastrophism (movement and deformation of the earth's crust); upheaval (e.g. in politics); seismic shift; earthshaking changes
to push (something) against