once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
to be born; to come into the world
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
to be enigmatic; to be puzzling; to be wrapped in mystery
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
weather; climate; disposition; temperament
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
in one's own way or style
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
fellow men; between men; among men; man-to-man
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
incompletion; incomplete; unfinished
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
reliable; dependable; trustworthy; sure
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
destruction; collapse; crumbling
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
fire fighting; extinguishing a fire
to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
negotiations; discussions; connection
gunfighter (esp. in the American Old West); gunslinger; gunman
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
private message; PM; post-meridiem; afternoon; project manager; product manager; particulate matter
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
shaft of an arrow (usu. made of thin bamboo); cornetfish