marriage partner; spouse; wife-to-be; husband-to-be; future spouse
hole; hole; cup; (electron) hole
traffic cone; safety cone
erratic; offbeat; wild; unconventional; extraordinary; weird
heated (e.g. debate); passionate
mat; canvas (in boxing or wrestling)
diagonally; obliquely; slantingly; slantwise
illness; condition; -pathy
part; portion; glimpse; bit
as likely as not; fifty-fifty; even match; tie
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
critical moment; do-or-die situation; critical juncture
clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion
what proportion; what percentage
Morse code (esp. signalling)
dispatch; despatch; transmission; informing (e.g. of opinion); sharing (thoughts, etc.); telling
savior; saviour; rescuer; Messiah; Jesus Christ
punishment (of children); spanking; smacking; criminal punishment (esp. execution; Edo period)
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
paper doll to which children pray for fine weather (usu. white, and shaped like a Buddhist priest)
woman of loose morals; lewd woman; prostitute; whore; harlot
to irritate; to offend; to provoke; to get on one's nerves
to cover (with something)
lightly; gently; (breaking apart) easily
sign; indication; trace; touch; feeling of
gem; jewel; precious stone
horseplay; fooling around
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
superman; superwoman; Ubermensch (Nietzsche's ideal man of the future); overman
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate