to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
simultaneous; all at once
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
firing one shot at a time; single-shot gun; having only one engine; single-engined aeroplane; one-shot (e.g. story); non-serial
automatic; intransitive verb
following; pursuing; tracking; shadowing; tailing; chasing
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
to fall on one's backside
charred; burnt black; scorched black
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
to bawl; to cry; to scream
nether region; between the legs; groin; crotch
to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air)
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
to part left and right; to open out
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
blow; shock; strike; batting
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
frog; kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
to clatter; to flap (noisily); to rattle; to walk around being unable to settle down
to get entangled; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated
make-up; makeup; cosmetics
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
to bend; to wind; to twist; to zig-zag
advance; moving forward; progress
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
to curse someone to death; to put a deadly curse on someone
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge