toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
eruption; volcanic eruption
sales; selling; marketing
countermeasure; counter-measure
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
to apply pressure (on); to bring pressure upon; to lean on
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
sole (of a shoe); sole (fish)
warfare in which soldiers fling themselves at the enemy; hand-to hand combat
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
this and that; one thing or another
dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation
partly open; in half bloom
white of the eye; cold, unwelcoming eyes
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
near; close by; within reach; familiar
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
mount; stand; lens mount; mounting (e.g. a drive); mounting (animal behaviour); asserting dominance
defeating in an instant; instant kill
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
independence; self-reliance
gooseflesh; goose pimples; goose bumps
physiological; physical; visceral; instinctive; in one's guts
to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from
(parasitic) host; landlord; innkeeper
to throw oneself; to jump; to leap
short sword; dagger; stiletto; hour hand (of a clock)
to fly around; to scatter
to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle
registrant; subscriber; enrollee
entrusting (something to a person); consignment (of goods); putting in someone's charge; trust; commission
rainbow-colored; rainbow-coloured
stopping of bleeding; stanching; hemostasis; haemostasis
to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A
to perform in tune with each other; to get along well; to be in perfect harmony; to make a perfect pair (team, etc.)
to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost