to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
irradiation; radiation; beaming; exposure (to light); illumination
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety
to contemplate; to ponder; to think over; to turn over in one's mind; to reflect; to muse
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
jokingly; in the form of a joke
strong and weak points; likes and dislikes; strengths and weaknesses
no matter what happens; in any circumstances; at any price
swimming belt; swimming float; life buoy; swim bladder; air bladder
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
to be at a loss for words
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to find out; to discover; to detect
common language; lingua franca; standard language (language variety understood throughout a country)
preface; introduction; preamble
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
material; material properties; quality of material; quality of wood; quality of lumber
winding; meandering; zigzagging; zig-zag; in twists and turns; sinuously
very thick; something extremely thick; thick, heavy thread
electric line; electric cable; power cable; telephone line; telegraph wire
undersea cable; submarine cable
the passage of electric current
electric eel (Electrophorus electricus)
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
band (e.g. conduction, valence); belt (e.g. Van-Allen, asteroid, etc.)
reef; sunken rock; unforeseen difficulty
rustling; flapping; unkempt (hair, etc.); loose; dry; decisively
receiving an electric shock