cooperation; collaboration
not worth mentioning (with neg. verb); nothing special
critical moment; do-or-die situation
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
towering; astonishingly high
correspondence; exchange of letters
again and again; repeatedly
invitation; introduction; temptation
Thursday; wood (first of the five elements)
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
tackle (e.g. rugby); fishing tackle
to pin down; to immobilize; to immobilise; to control; to suppress
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
killer technique; surefire assassination method; special or lethal move, usu. one unique to a certain fighter or fighting style
to badger; to pester; to beg
punishment; spanking; smacking; chastisement; scolding
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
to run out of breath; to be short of breath; to run out of steam; to be unable to continue; to die
to come to one's senses; to calm down