to fight a battle; to have a fight
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
change of course; route change; direction change
empty threat; bluff; paper tiger
to be loyal to; to serve; to offer allegiance
to polish up (on); to refine; to hone; to polish (by rubbing)
pasha; honorary title in Ottoman Empire and pre-republican Egypt; click; sound of a camera shutter
strike (i.e. industrial action)
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
anyway; anyhow; as one likes; by all means; at any cost; no matter what it takes
to freeze (from fear); to be unable to (too frightened to) run
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting
admonition; commandment; sila (precept)
shuriken; small throwing blade; throwing star
boarding (a train, bus, etc.); getting into (e.g. a taxi)
to; traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 litres; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar); Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to count on; to expect; to put confidence in; to trust in; to depend on
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool
concatenation; coupling; connection; linking; consolidation (e.g. of company accounts)
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
presence; appearance; attendance; visit; going out
green (colour); green (energy, car, etc.); environmentally friendly; greenland; green space; green (on a golf course)
how dare ...; how could ...
luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at somebody's expense)
highest grade; superlative degree
to hold a grudge; to hold something against somebody
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
digital versatile disc; DVD
verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words
eyesore; unpleasant sight; obstructing a view