to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
enclosing wall; boundary fence; obstacle; barrier
to spit out; to eject; to dump
materials; data; document
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion
property; fortune; means; assets
capital; funds; seed money; asset
(some type of) enthusiast; somebody possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
stomach-ache; stomach pain; gastralgia
nameless; unnamed; obscure; unknown; causeless; unjustifiable
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
do-or-die resistance; resistance to the bitter end
quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
one's physical safety; personal security
counter for choices, options, etc.
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
tidal hour; right time; favourable opportunity (favorable)
in that manner; like that
prompt; immediate; in real time
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
from afar; over a great distance; all the way
four-eyed; pattern of four squares
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
state of emergency; emergency; crisis
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
looter; thief at the scene of a fire; someone who takes advantage of a crisis to commit a crime
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
counter for helmets, etc.
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty