punching bag (boxing); training bag; sandbag
to suspend from; to be suspended (from)
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; here and there; (sound of) walking slowly
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
having said that; on the other hand
behind; in the rear; in back
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to show up; to appear; to turn up
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
departure (of a train, car, etc.); starting; leaving
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
deck (e.g. ship, tape, cassette, observation, train vestibule)
to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
head; lead; vanguard; first
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
engineer (on a train, ship, aircraft, etc.)
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
depopulation; declining population
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen