to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on)
imaginary; fantastical; visionary; utopian; quixotic; fanciful
abuse; curse; swearing; insult
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full
to blow against; to spray (paint, etc.) (onto a surface)
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
to do earnestly; to get serious
joint (knee, elbow, etc.)
neighbour; neighbor; neighbourhood; neighborhood
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
pomade stick; stick pomade
mockery; derision; ridicule
decline; ebb; failure; decay; decrease; loss
to lose strength; to become weak; to wither; to droop; to feel demotivated; to lose interest
hack; inferior horse; inferior person; incapable person
adaptation; accommodation; conforming; acclimatization; acclimatisation
windmill; wind turbine; pinwheel (toy); windmill (toy); Clematis patens (species of climbing plant)
last-minute cramming; overnight cramming; (vegetables) salted just overnight
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
concentration; thickness; density; cardinality
etc.; et cetera; and so on
pull; patronage; tug; discount
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
invitation; introduction; temptation
to rouse oneself; to psyche oneself up
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance
out of necessity; with no other option; perforce; unavoidably; reluctantly; unwillingly
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
to facilitate; to make easy; to simplify
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts