equipment; device; installation; stage setting
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
had enough; flatly refusing; wouldn't do for anything; begging pardon
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
strength; power; proficiency; ability
to form a partnership or association; to join together; to grapple with
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around
to fall flat; to fall face down
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
to float; to save (on one's expenses); to scrimp; to half-rise, e.g. to one's feet
detour; circumvention; turning movement
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
nice; good; well-executed
pistol; handgun; revolver
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
windmill; wind turbine; pinwheel (toy); windmill (toy); Clematis patens (species of climbing plant)
to be opposite; to face each other
to arrange beforehand; to make a sign to each other; to conspire
accelerator; accelerator pedal; gas pedal
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder
one revolution; one rotation
tailspin; spin; drilling; boring
to be knocked out; to be overwhelmed; to be flabbergasted; to be thrown for a loop
putting an end to; bringing to a close; person who opens and closes the curtains (in a theatre)
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
bank; weir; embankment; levee
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
heavy flooding; disastrous flood; deluge; great flood (sent by a deity); flood myth