rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
slight; little; insignificant
shutout; shutting out; locking out; shutout; allowing no runs (goals, etc.)
time required; time taken; necessary time
operating ratio; rate of operation; availability factor
nevertheless; even then; however; be that as it may; even so; though that it be so
remaining bullets; remaining ammunition
pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of
daily income in cash; money paid by daily installments; money paid by daily instalments
about; concerning; related to; -ish
to be angry; to resent; to be enraged; to be indignant
bending; curving; warping (of feelings, logic, etc.); distortion; refraction; inflection
(large) parrot (incl. the cockatoo)
leaving; going home; quitting one's job; free time; leisure
as long as time allows; whenever one has the time; as time permits
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
stout; well-fleshed; well-padded; plump
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
double suicide; lovers' suicide
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
rare; strange; odd; peculiar
to say previously unspoken thoughts; to start saying; to court someone
areola mammae (circular area around nipple); areola
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
suddenly; abruptly; deliberately; slowly; gently
advance notice; previous note; preliminary announcement; trailer (film, TV); preview
technology; technique; technical
euphemistic; circumlocutory; roundabout; indirect
teething ring; pacifier; dummy; blowjob
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
conquest; subjugation; overcoming
no loss or gain; coming out even
snapping back (at someone); lashing out (despite being in the wrong); counterblast; counteroffensive; backlash
difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall); difference; gap