pipe shaft (in a building); riser shaft
modest; reserved; quiet; humble
rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
site; point on a map; spot
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum
bound hand and foot; hedged in (e.g. by restrictions); immobile
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do
wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting)
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
advance party; advance team; advance group; vanguard unit
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
mesh-patterned; webbed; cancellous; cancellate; reticulate; reticulated
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
unperturbed; undaunted; retaining composure; unyielding; not giving an inch
polish; improvement; burnishing
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
literally; to the letter; literal
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
burden; load (e.g. CPU time, electricity, etc.)
expansion and contraction; elasticity; flexibility
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
sting (of a bee, etc.); stinger; needle covered with poison
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
anti-aircraft; antiaircraft
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
living thing; living creature; animal; life
head; brains; intellect; understanding
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down