min-maxing; concentrating points on a specific ability
heating power; thermal power; firepower
to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to tower above (the surrounding landscape)
rear gate (esp. of castle); back entrance; one who arrests; force attacking the rear of a castle; (opponent's) weak point
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
only; prostitute attached to a single member of the postwar Occupation Forces
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
catchers who warm up pitchers in the bullpen; tank (character that soaks up damage for the rest of the party in an MMORPG)
any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
large and rough; big and tough; unrefined; rustic; extreme; excessive
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
fierce look; frightening look; tough look; aggressive attitude; coercive attitude; taking a hard line
union; coalescence; amalgamation; copulation; penetration
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion
reputation; respectability
rest; break; recess; intermission
Leigh (Britain); Ri; Li; Lie
quickly; briefly; rashly; carelessly; (flowing) in trickles
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
driving contest (golf); longest drive contest
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
Proto-Indo-European (language)
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
several years; a few years
the ancients; ancient people
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
coercion; overpowering; to overpower; to overawe; to daunt
hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
shivering; feeling chilly; shuddering (with fear); feeling creepy; thrilled; excited
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
to have gooseflesh (e.g. from cold or horror)
oblong; vertical writing style (e.g. on envelopes); portrait orientation