exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
immediately; right away; on the spot
important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
discreet; modest; cautious
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
to miss a chance; to miss an opportunity
endurance; perseverance; patience
tone of command; authoritative tone; commanding tone
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
society; public; community; social studies
switching off (e.g. electricity); turning off (e.g. water); off-season; offset; off-road; off-line; off (the price)
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossidae spp.); spiny anteater
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image (in film and TV)
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious
to square one's shoulders
interruption; suspension; break
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
raindrops; falling drop of water; intravenous drip; IV; drip-feed
explosion; rupture; break off
trunks (swimming, boxing, etc.); trunks (underwear); boxers; boxer shorts
opening in front (clothing)
bouncily; with a stretch; with a boing
to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
to turn aside adroitly; to dodge
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus); orang-utan; orangutang
average; mean; balance; equilibrium
to shout (in anger); to yell
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on