latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
shop, bar, etc. where live jazz, pop, rock, etc. is performed; live music club
to discharge (e.g. effluent)
ranking; toplist (e.g. of WWW sites)
floating; drifting; weightlessness; softly; gently; lightly
bubble on surface of liquid; ephemeral; transient
short time; fleeting moment
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?
one meal; one meal (a day)
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
even if not; even without
hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
bell signalling that work, class, etc. will formally begin shortly; first bell; warning bell
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
taking care of oneself (esp. used as an epistolary imperative); self-love
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
turning things around with a home run; turning the tables with a single successful attack (move)
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
to buy up; to lay in a stock; to stock up; to buy a lot
to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together; to compete against somebody; to play (a game, match, etc.) against somebody