shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
one clap; one beat; one mora (taken as a unit of time)
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
decrease; reduction; fall; depreciation; mitigation
to weave into; to interweave; to be incorporated in; to be factored in
decoration; ornament; trimmings
button (clothing); push-button
to grip; to grasp; to squeeze
suddenly; all of a sudden
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
strong wind; high wind; moderate gale
stillness; repose; standing still
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
stall (in flying); downturn; slowdown; slump
to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis (philosophy)
defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
relatively; comparatively
gas; vapour; vapor; gaseous body
direct proportion; direct ratio
approximation; having a close resemblance
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
squaring; multiplying (a number) by itself; second power
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
slope; incline; slope (of a linear function); gradient (vector calculus)
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to conquer (e.g. an enemy); to defeat; to overcome (a difficulty); to out-hit
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
firearms; missile; projectile weapon
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby
to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off