plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance
to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed
to pay; to be profitable; to pull against each other
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
farewell; be that so; in that case; (arch.) however; (arch.) though that may be the case
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
completely (quitting, etc.); entirely; thoroughly; cleanly (cutting, snapping off, etc.); in a single blow
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
gallery; corridor; art gallery; upper gallery (in a theatre); spectators (esp. at a golf tournament)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to collude (with); to conspire (with); to make friends with; to get along well with; to become intimate (with opposite sex); to establish a secret liaison (with)
switching over to; migration; transition
sculpture; carved statue; graven image
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
cutting to pieces; tearing to pieces
to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate
(social) position; status
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
innumerable; countless; numberless
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
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
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work
to pierce through; to break through
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart
be (that) as it may; having said that
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in
water tank; cistern; fish tank; aquarium
goldfish (Carassius auratus)
repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down