lightly; easily; carelessly
fresh troops; fresh players; newcomer; new employee; new method; new way
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
bodily; with all one's weight; with one's whole body
hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
losing posture; falling position from which it is impossible to recover; lame duck; hopeless situation
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
to take (someone) by surprise; to do something unexpected
nearly; almost; on the verge (of happening)
wetting; love affair; lover
to get between; to be caught in
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence
to shoot out (lights, window, etc.)
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%
pinch; crisis; tough spot; clothespin
to escape from; to get out
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
choker (type of necklace)
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (e.g. of vegetables; by depriving of light)
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
correction; rectification; mending; repair
hair color; hair colour; fur color; disposition; type; kind
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
principle; theory; fundamental truth
interior; inside; internal
loading; charging; filling
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing