annihilation; extermination; (total) destruction; wiping out
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as ...
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
highlight (scene); high point; climax; show-off scene (of an actor in a play)
carbonization; carbonisation
skewering; skewered food; piercing (and killing; with a spear, etc.); impaling; running through
reduction by half; halving
to jump up; to leap up; to fly up (into the sky); to soar up; to jump ahead; to skip ahead
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
completion; perfection; accomplishment
log; dace (Tribolodon hakonensis); test subject (of human experiments performed by Unit 731 during WWII); (arch.) prostitute dressed as a Buddhist nun
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
with a boing; with a sproing; with a crack; with a pop; (hitting) with vigour; with a kick
(cross) section (e.g. in a drawing); transverse section; cutting plane
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
subterranean rumbling; earth tremor
to collapse; to flop (onto)
to follow; to come after; to come next (to); to rank next (to); to rank second (to)
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
heart; guts; nerve; heart (of something); central part
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity; environs; surrounding area; district
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of a restaurant)
safety zone; buffer (e.g. against defeat)
what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
movie; film; motion picture
all; altogether; entirely; exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical
naked eye; the physical eye
infrared rays; infrared radiation
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
gas (as a fuel); gas (state of matter); poison gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove; gas cooker