to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)
fireball; bolide; fireball
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
acceleration; speeding up
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
central part; heart (of a city)
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike home (words, etc.); (lit.) to stab in the chest
to disappear; to vanish into thin air
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
essence; quintessence; spirit; soul; heart; pith
full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)
physical law; laws of physics
transcendence; transcendency; transcendental; to transcend; to rise above
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
top of the head; crown of the head
(beheading) block; guillotine; scaffold
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-
combination; union; binding; bond
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
lightly; easily; carelessly
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
to be satisfied; to find peace of mind; to feel good
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
demonstration; verification; substantiation; actual proof