optical cable; optical fibre
absolute; complete; utter; pure; sheer
native rock; natural rock
agreement; rules; code; protocol; convention; bylaw
playtest (of a game before release); playtesting
patriotic feelings; patriotism
voltage; excitement; enthusiasm
Full speed ahead!; Full steam ahead!
to take turns doing; to do in rotation
highlight (scene); high point; climax; show-off scene (of an actor in a play)
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
bank; weir; embankment; levee
distribution frame; plugboard
jack; knave; (electrical) jack; hijack; hijacking
barking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house
accomplishment; realization; attainment; penetration; pervasion
unusual power; superpower; ability beyond that of humans
to resort to violence; to perform a drastic act
first instance; first trial
unsuspended prison sentence; prison sentence with no stay of execution
appeal to a higher court; intermediate appeal
dispute; contention; conflict; controversy
to be thrown in jail; to be locked up; to be put in the slammer; to be burdened with (e.g. someone else's debt); to be saddled with; to be stuck with
as good as dead; might as well be dead; more dead than alive
to put a thing on top of another; to cover; to lay something on
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
to penetrate a body (e.g. with a spear or bullet); to breathe new life into; to provide a potential solution
zaibatsu; financial conglomerate; industrial group
very careful; thoroughly prepared
credit roll (at the end of a film or TV show); closing credits; end credits
interception; monitoring; tapping
to recover; to rally; to improve; to pick up
to be rearranged or transposed
detachment; coming off; peeling off; (flow) separation