to take back; to recapture
gale; strong wind; swift wind; fresh breeze (Beaufort scale)
meteor; shooting star; falling star
sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
we; us; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to a group of one's equals or inferiors)
employee; worker; laborer (labourer); blue-collar worker
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
preliminary contest; qualifying round; trial; heat; primary
dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; end; end of the road; end point
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
to thrust down; to push off
pirate; sea robber; buccaneer; freebooter
to cry and shout; to scream
gum; rubber; eraser; condom
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
blocking (e.g. the way); obstructing; block (lump of something (usu. square), area of town, etc.); block; physical record (e.g. on magnetic tape); concrete block; blocking (from view, esp. of websites, on social media, etc.)
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
tribe; clan; (taxonomical) tribe; group (of the periodic table)
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
one foot; one leg; one of a pair (of shoes or socks)
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
as before; as ever; as it was originally
connection; link; relationship
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress