experience; history; record; career
high praise; great admiration; with critical acclaim; to rave reviews; currently; presently
renewal; update; replacement; renovation; breaking (a record)
serious look (on one's face); straight face
living thing; living creature; animal; life
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that)
water flea (Daphnia spp.)
to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile); to hide; to shift (the conversation)
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); raw; live (i.e. not recorded)
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
way; style; ceremony; rite; wedding (ceremony); equation
national defence; national defense
die all together; go to the grave together
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
irrational (line of) argument
rightly or wrongly; by all possible means; at all costs; at any cost; no matter what (happens); by fair means or foul
eight-tenths; ostracism; casting someone out; type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution
bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency
to grimace; to make a wry face; to contort one's face
to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity