to lose sight of; to miss
not caring; not giving a damn
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
decisive blow; game-winning hit (e.g. in baseball)
lifting a ban; raising an embargo; opening a season (hunting, fishing, etc.); publishing contents; revealing information
cheap lodging (especially in a skid row area or slum); flophouse
wrong direction; different direction (from what one expected)
to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
way to shoot (a gun); way to fire; firing; shooting
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
fuel consumption; gas mileage
one's field of expertise; one's strong area
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
direction of travel; direction of movement
to mow down; to cut down; to slash (horizontally); to make a clean sweep; to sweep away; to brush away
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
automatic; intransitive verb
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
according to; due to; by (means of); because of; via; on the basis of
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover
to connect; to correlate; to associate; to relate; to link
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
file (for holding papers); file (collection of documents); filing; file
saving (e.g. time, money, resources); economising; economizing