blasphemous; profane; sacrilegious
to take great pains; to make every effort; to rack one's brains; to be concerned; to worry
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
babies and preschool children
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
encroachment; invasion; erosion (e.g. of market share, rights); erosion; corrosion
heaps of bodies and streams of blood; fierce battle
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
to cut down (grass, etc.; by swinging a sickle, scythe, etc.); to mow
flying; leaping; zero; naught; flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo); jump
to say it out loud; to yell out; to emphasize
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
to lead (someone) by the nose; to twist (someone) around one's little finger
proper; respectable; decent; honest
proposal; motion; recommendation
to fall into another's hands
grip (of hand); grip strength
to throw oneself; to jump; to leap
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
as expected; as predicted
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
lateral direction; horizontal direction; transverse direction; landscape orientation
longitudinal direction; vertical direction; portrait orientation
giant-killing; defeating a much stronger opponent
explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
lesson; discipline; example (e.g. set a bad example); revelation
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
penalty; sentence; punishment
toil; drudgery; penal servitude; imprisonment (with hard labour)
spare (part, tire, etc.); spare (bowling); knocking down all pins on the second throw
to level (earth); to cut through (a mountain); to split (the opposition); to break (strike)
favorite; favourite; habitually used