to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
to one's regret; regrettably; unfortunately; what can be done about ...; ... cannot be helped
to be too numerous; to be too much
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
pistol; handgun; revolver
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
lifeline; matter of life or death; indispensable thing; life line (in palm reading)
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
whispering; murmuring; subdued
hectic; bewildering; bustling; dizzy
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
(ammunition) cartridge; shell case
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to be entwined; to be involved
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
to burst open; to pop; to split
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
to find somebody's weak spot; (lit.) to drill a hole
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
sum; surface-to-air missile; SAM
speech and conduct; words and deeds
to shake (from fear, cold, excitement, etc.); to shudder; to tremble
to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear
to fill in a hole; to plug a gap (money, personnel, etc.); to make up for a deficiency; to cover a deficit
flair; flash; insight; flash (of inspiration, wit, etc.); waving (e.g. of a flag in the wind)
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into