cliff edge; edge of a precipice; perilous position; critical moment; brink
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
to squeeze out; to wring out
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
to wander from place to place; to change jobs
(electrical) ground; earth; grounding; touching the ground; landing (an airplane)
parallel lines; remaining far apart (e.g. in discussions); not reaching an agreement
capacity; volume; capacitance
pressure; oppression; suppression
to hinder; to obstruct; to disrupt; to interfere with; to cause a delay
blue sky; skyrocketing (of prices); having no limit; the sky being the limit
possessing (what is required); having; fulfilling (conditions); satisfying (requisites); being endowed with
esophagus; gullet; esophageal
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
counter-current; adverse tide; regurgitation (of blood)
ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability
(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess
to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)
(made of) stone; stone-built
important point; emphasis; iteration mark; colon (punctuation)
extraordinarily; astonishingly; extremely; terribly; unreasonably; absurdly
trial stage; experimental phase; prototype stage
structure for housing heavy machinery
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; mercifully
control column; yoke; joystick
goal; basket (basketball); finishing line; Gaul
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
preparedness for death; do-or-die spirit
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
manners; behavior; behaviour
stationing (e.g. of troops); garrison
bomb blast; blast (from an explosion); shock wave