handle; steering wheel; handlebar; handlebars; handle; screen name
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind
eyesight; vision; visual acuity
not worth considering; out of the question
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
beyond that point; after that
peace at any price (attitude); peace idiot; peace senility; complacency about peace
riding together; riding with
present-day science; modern science
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
trajectory; line of fire; ballistic
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
to fly away; to flee away; to scatter
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to drop; to let fall; to omit
to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
archery; mapping; map; morphism
in good health; alive and well; going strong
tank tread; continuous track; caterpillar track; endless track; crawler track
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
running aground; stranding; being disabled (of a tank, train, etc.); being put out of action
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
in swarms; in clusters; tediously; slowly
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
milli-; 10^-3; millimetre; millimeter