to pierce through; to stand (of something sharp or pointy); to thrust (up)
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
balloon (esp. small, toy variety); airship; blimp
plating (chrome, gold, silver, etc.); coating; gilding; pretense; pretence; simulation
to get cracked; to develop a crack; to be fissured
to begin shooting; to shoot out
cannonball; shot (in the shot put)
hollow; cavity; dent; depression
reimbursement; compensation; reparation; indemnity
together with; same; both; all; including ...
to shine; to look slightly upward (of a noh mask; indicating joy, etc.)
to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)
workshop; studio; atelier
no use; useless; not fit for its purpose
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
to throw away; to abandon
race (of people); type of person
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
personnel; members; lineup (of a team); announcement of next day's match-ups
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
as; because; with; due to
drum (e.g. oil, gasoline); metal barrel
old boy; alumnus; graduate; out of bounds (golf)
how; in what way; in what manner
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
something; something or other; so-and-so
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect