advance; moving forward; progress
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
reception; acceptance; enjoyment; being given
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
feeling; mood; disposition; mental attitude; somewhat; slightly
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
one's true worth; one's true self; what one is really made of
cross; crossing; intersecting; cross (soccer)
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.)
to blow off; to be blown off
jungle gym; monkey bars; climbing frame
to be crushed; to be squashed (flat); to be discouraged
(direct) hit; hitting the mark
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
to disappear; to vanish into thin air
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
sweeping sideways; mowing down
intercept; interception; counter-attack
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
hard or crushing blow; severe attack
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
short distance; short range; short-haul
cooperation; coordination; link
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee
appraisal; estimation; evaluation; setting prices
observation; survey; watching
for today; for the time being
richly colored; richly coloured
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
gate (for entry, boarding, etc.); gate; logic element
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of