to pry; to prize; to prise
(with a) slamming noise (door, telephone receiver); (with a) banging noise; (with a) clash (broken dish); (with a) clank; (with a) bang
cutting machine; cutter; (paper) guillotine
to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out
sculpture; carved statue; graven image
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
creak; squeak; creaking; discord; strife; friction
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
dull sound; muffled sound
to leap back; to jump back
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
sharpness; sharp weapon; blade; fine soldier
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
racing (of an engine); spinning one's wheels; running idle; fruitless effort; going nowhere; going round in circles
gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine
iron plate; steel plane; sure thing; certain winner
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
(not) even once; (not) ever
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
it's been a long time; long time no see
main course (of a river); mainstream; main current (e.g. of thought)
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
when it becomes; when it comes to
gunfight; exchange of shots; firefight
bad move (in chess, shogi, etc.)
disturbance; perturbation; derangement
heating power; thermal power; firepower
evening sky; twilight sky
to fly away; to flee away; to scatter
counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
drawn-out (protracted) war or contest
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive