situation; outlook; one's allegiance; affiliation; position
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
accelerator pedal; gas pedal; throttle pedal
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
making a swift decision; making immediate decisions and taking quick actions
at the mercy of (e.g. the waves); with (e.g. the wind)
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
cease and desist order; stay order; discontinuance order; suspension order
to play a trick on; to cheat; to deceive; to dupe
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
to break into fragments; to go to pieces
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
whiz (e.g. projectile through air); swoosh; whoosh; whistling sound
centre of explosion; center of explosion; hypocentre; hypocenter; ground zero
to dig out; to hollow out; to cut into
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
(sports) ground; (playing) field; playground; stadium
business jet; private jet
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
to come untied; to come apart; to be softened; to be relaxed
mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray
to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame
stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers); weight (as used in balances)
to stick out too much; to protrude too far; to be too strong (e.g. of tea); to be too forward; to be too assertive; to be pushy
to load (with goods, cargo); to put on board; to stow aboard
as hoped for; as expected
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
yell (of encouragement); cheering (esp. for a school sports team)
yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so
or; OR (Boolean operator)
below one's eyes; under one's eyes; length (of a fish) from eyes to tail fin
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)