landing on water; hitting the water; splashdown
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
sight (e.g. of a gun); aim; alignment
to pull the trigger; to squeeze the trigger
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
last place; lowest position; lowest rank; least significant (bit); lowest order
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
ordinary person; unenlightened person
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
exactly as stated; verbatim
shooting; firing; emitting; ejection; projection; injection
indicates means of action; cause of effect; by
decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
finishing blow; coup de grâce
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
to blow off (strongly); to blow away; to drive away (e.g. one's worries); to dispel; to do at great speed (e.g. drive a car); to carry out (a task) very quickly
to have excess momentum (from going too fast, using too much force, etc.); to get carried away; to go overboard; to overdo (something)
to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms
to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort
subterranean rumbling; earth tremor
cloud of dust (sand, etc.)
ardent; passionate; vehement
planning; scheming; maneuvering; manoeuvring
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
-less; lacking; non-existing
dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; trap; wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed; conclusion (of a speech, etc.)
decisive blow; game-winning hit (e.g. in baseball)
board (across a ditch, etc.); step; tread; pedal (of an organ, etc.); treadle
to break into fragments; to go to pieces
hitting a dangerous (harmful) spot (e.g. hitting one's head)
to lay down; to wear (a sword, etc.) at one's side
mobile telephone; cellular telephone
wounded person; injured person
to contact; to get in touch with; to check in (with)
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)
lapis lazuli; lapis lazuli (color); beryl; mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail); glass