system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
briskly with small steps; trotting
sound of something making firm contact with a flat surface
reopening; resumption; restarting
pitching; throwing a ball; bowling (in cricket); pitched ball
omitting (reluctantly); leaving out; dropping; giving up (reluctantly); parting with; sharing
without preparation; off the cuff; unreserved; without restraint; beginning; start
(for the) first time in one's life
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
pitching ability; counter for pitches
fascination; bewitchment; entrancement; dazzlement
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
fiercely; ferociously; furiously; resolutely
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
whirr; hum; buzz; whoosh; woosh; whiz
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
that's true; of course; obviously
to beat vigorously; to rain strikes upon someone; to tan someone's hide; to mercilessly pummel; to beat the daylights out of
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
descent; fall; drop; passing down (of an order, decree, etc.)
snap (e.g. of the wrist in baseball); snapshot (esp. of people); snap fastener; press stud
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
insipid; flat; dull; lifeless; listless
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
to slip out (e.g. from one's fingers); to cleanly forget
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull
flight dynamics; aerodynamics; aeromechanics
maneuver (usu. of military force); manoeuvre; mobile; nimble; agile
acceleration; speeding up
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound