airplane; aeroplane; plane; aircraft
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something
operation (of a machine); running; working (and earning money); workload; deployment (e.g. to a production environment); release
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
airfield; airport; aerodrome
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled
to breathe heavily (e.g. with much movement of the shoulders)
running as fast as one can
brimming with health (vigor, vigour); full of vitality; full of health
underpants; pants; briefs; trousers (esp. women's); jodhpurs; breeches
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
(artillery) barrage; bullet hell; curtain fire; barrage of scrolling comments (overlaid on an online video)
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
to succeed (in doing); to manage to do; to accomplish; to carry off; to pull off
winning by decision (in combat sports); winning on points
omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; skimping; tenuki; playing elsewhere on the board instead of responding locally
ultimate weapon; one's final trump card
a mere ...; only a ...; insignificant
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
the other day; lately; recently
to take seriously; to believe in; to fall for
rightly or wrongly; by all possible means; at all costs; at any cost; no matter what (happens); by fair means or foul
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
intensely; severely; strictly; tightly; compactly; closely
practice; practising; training; study
that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
to break; to break down; to be crazy; to be nuts; to be infatuated (with); to be crazy (about)
OK; okay; fine (without); not needed; unnecessary
to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil
steel frame; steel beam; steel girder
to be relieved; to feel relieved
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
preface; introduction; preamble
to straighten; to bend into shape; to correct (faults, bad habits, etc.); to reform (bad character, conduct, etc.); to take aim at; to sight (with one eye closed)