electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking
flair; flash; insight; flash (of inspiration, wit, etc.); waving (e.g. of a flag in the wind)
from the beginning; from scratch
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
if you think about it; come to think of it
welcome party for new students
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
vermillion (colour); cinnabar; vermillion (pigment); cinnabar ink stick; correction written in red ink
time; season; period; phase; stage
in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; progeny; offspring; paternal blood; lineage; sperm
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
combat readiness; battle readiness; fighting trim
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
to be broken; to break; to break (down); to stop working; to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.); to collapse
to leak (urine, feces); to soil one's pants; to dump (untreated waste, sewage, etc.); to discharge (untreated effluent); to leak (information, secrets, etc.); to bleed (a deficit, losses, etc.)
stability; steadiness; consistency; stable
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
hospitalization; hospitalisation
to attack; to go for; to come at; to pounce on; to jump on; to swoop down on
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
being actualized; becoming apparent; becoming tangible; surfacing; manifesting
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
dad; daddy; papa; sugar daddy
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
pause (in speech, writing, etc.); punctuation; break; end; (place to) stop
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
making practical; making useful; implementing
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
development; cultivation; application; exploitation (of resources)
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)