ultrahigh temperature; superhigh temperature; extreme heat
hand; handball (soccer foul)
coldness and hotness; cooling and heating; indifference and enthusiasm; prosperity and decline; cold energy (e.g. in power generation)
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to be helpful; to be useful
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
unable to compete with; not able to make a dent in (e.g. a problem); not able to get a solid hit in (e.g. in a fight); hard to chew
really; truly; indeed; good grief
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
to arrest; to capture; to seize
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
this is why; this means; it is the case that
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
hideout; secret base of operations; safe house
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
while; during; while; although; all; both
catch; catching; catch; shop tout; puller-in; catching (in swimming and boating); catching the water
signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
transmitter; homing device
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
not bad; not half bad; pretty good
dispatch; despatch; transmission; informing (e.g. of opinion); sharing (thoughts, etc.); telling
radio (communication); wireless; not using wires
small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature