recovery; rescue; recapture
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
usurpation; taking back; dispossession
quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
arousal; excitation; awakening; evocation
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; appeal; strength
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
certainly; surely; definitely
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to take an aggressive position; to stir up trouble
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
to droop (e.g. ears of grain); to bow one's head; to hang one's head
to stick out too much; to protrude too far; to be too strong (e.g. of tea); to be too forward; to be too assertive; to be pushy
to say; to be called; to do
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
to steal a glance; to intercept and read (e.g. other people's email)
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
moaning; muttering; complaining
with these words; while saying
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
document; official papers
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
to rank next to; to come after
nasal breathing; breathing through one's nose; person's pleasure; excitement
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
to say (something) over one's shoulder
to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...