to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
to lurk; to hover in the background; to be coiled up; to stretch tortuously
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
short end of the stick; short straw; unlucky number; blank; bad bargain
close; intimate; on good terms
combination technique in Judo
stinging (pain); smarting; tingling
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
to drain dry; to dry out; to scorch
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
simply put; putting it simply; in short
swallowing whole; swallowing without chewing; taking something in without fully understanding it; accepting without reservation; accepting something as-is
to state; to express; to mention
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
source of information; intelligence source; message source
wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling
hard fighting; hard struggle; fighting against heavy odds
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
several people; some people; a few people; a number of people
what people say; rumours; public opinion
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
large-hearted; generous; liberal; placid; composed; cool
of no concern at all; no skin off my nose
main constituent; core; nucleus; subject (philosophical); protagonist
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
monolith; large slab of rock
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
one cause; one reason; one factor
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
base support (e.g. for a party in an election); substrate; load bearing layer; supporting layer
to give and take; to make mutual concessions; to compromise
rolling stock; railroad cars; wheeled vehicles
tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
environmental conservation
stability; steadiness; equilibrium