bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
(artillery) barrage; bullet hell; curtain fire; barrage of scrolling comments (overlaid on an online video)
to pluck; to pick; to tear
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at
only because ...; definitely not; certainly not; if actually
narrow margin; slim margin
hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
subterranean rumbling; earth tremor
and then; and so; and; so then
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
purple smoke; tobacco smoke
acid; sourness; sour taste
iron plate; steel plane; sure thing; certain winner
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
gas; vapour; vapor; gaseous body
dissolution; dissolving; solution (e.g. chemical); melting; liquefying; fusion
to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided
physical strength; the strength of one's muscles
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
attribute; property; context; character class, type, fetish, etc.
variation; rogue (something)