goal; basket (basketball); finishing line; Gaul
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
acceleration; speeding up
(inflected) end of a word; end of a sentence
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
addition and deletion; taking out and putting in; plugging and unplugging; making do; getting by; managing
sensitivity (e.g. of a measuring instrument); reception (radio, TV, etc.); sensitivity (of film)
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
degree; extent; (health) condition; state of health; adjustment; moderation; addition and subtraction
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
sadistic desires; sadistic feelings
simmer; bubble out; flow out
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
hey!; c'mon!; pushy; overbearing; self-assured
both; both sides; both parties
grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold
private room; single (room); room for one; (toilet) stall
omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger; precursor
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
whether one likes it or not; whether willing or not; willy-nilly
end; tip; extremities; terminal
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
trembling from fear; trembling all over
to emphasize; to state emphatically; to speak loudly about; to raise one's voice; to lift one's voice
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
to pour into; to wash down; to insert (e.g. into a data stream)
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
post-coital clarity; period after orgasm when a man is free from sexual desire and can think clearly