to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
light; right; right field; right fielder
cigarette; cig; smoke; fag
all-out attack; general offensive
loading; charging; filling
pilothouse; wheelhouse; steering house
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)
fuel consumption; gas mileage
head over heels; headlong; head first
to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet
shiny, bald head; person with a shiny, bald head
protruding tooth; overbite; bucktooth
to be told or made to hear something so often that you (metaphorically) get calluses on your ears
group; (free) radical; counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones, satellites)
mum; mom; mummy; the missus
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
demonstration; verification; substantiation; actual proof
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; scan (e.g. MRI, PET, etc.)
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
explanation; interpretation
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
community; circles; kingdom; erathem; field (electrical); border
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
opening; aperture (e.g. camera); opening one's mouth; beginning to speak; open; broad
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit
vertical shaking (of an earthquake); pitching (of a boat, aircraft, etc.)
to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed
to give a glance (at); to take one look at
to be helpful; to help; to be of assistance; to come in handy
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception