to compete ruthlessly; (lit.) to sharpen swords
orbit; trajectory; railroad track; (right) track; proper course
inflated price (assigned in anticipation of being haggled down); overcharging; exaggeration
advantage; point in favor; point in favour
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
linear; rectilinear; straight-line; straightforward; simple
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
explosive; blasting powder
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
impossible; unlikely; improbable
a line; a streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident); (arch.) the same logic
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
beginning; outset; first; onset
both; both sides; both parties