hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right
handle; steering wheel; handlebar; handlebars; handle; screen name
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
counter; service counter (e.g. at a bank); counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.); automatically responding with an upload slot to someone who allows you to download (e.g. in P2P systems)
good performance; good work; great success
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
so; like this; in this way
(short) rest; breather; break
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
punishment; judgement; judgment
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
to excel in one thing; to be a master in an art
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to rub; to chafe; to wear out; to become worn; to lose one's innocence; to become sly
destined; predestined; fated; fateful
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
(metaphor for) something unusually fast; (lit.) fleeing hare
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
iron plate; steel plane; sure thing; certain winner
to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
no holds barred; anything goes; no limits