to tear off; to strip off; to rip off; to rob (someone) of (clothes); to divest (someone) of (powers, rank, etc.)
proficiency; mastery; becoming proficient (in)
mixing; blending; adding; adulteration; contamination
(time of) emergency; (in) event of emergency; (in) case of emergency
misrecognition; mistaking (x for y)
aperture; bore; calibre; caliber
surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
property damage (not including ships, buildings, planes and documents)
undulation; winding; meandering; swell (of waves); ground swell; surge
to pin (someone) down; to hold down; to shut out (one's opponent); to keep (the opposing team) from scoring; to suppress; to control
most difficult; next to impossible
finishing blow; coup de grâce
to become famous; to go out into the world; to make one's way in the world; to appear
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
insipid; flat; dull; lifeless; listless
stopping functioning; being out of service
adhesive bandage; sticking plaster; band-aid
falling over; toppling sideways
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
diastrophism (movement and deformation of the earth's crust); upheaval (e.g. in politics); seismic shift; earthshaking changes
someone else's problem; (lit.) fire on the opposite shore
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
lingering scent; lingering fragrance; residual aroma
air conditioner; air conditioning; aircon
(switched) on; being on the green (of one's ball)
to fall; to drop; to fail (an exam); to lose (a contest, election, etc.); to be unsuccessful
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
under investigation; under consideration; under review; pending (decision, etc.); awaiting verification
anticipation; expectation; plan; preparation
to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt
potential; latent faculties; potential capacities