to press down; to hold down; to pin down
sullenly; taciturnly; morosely; taciturn person; uncommunicative person
natural voice (without a microphone)
thumping (heart); banging; pounding; racing
emergency alert; critical alert; emergency warning
acquaintance; relations; sexual intercourse; intersection
hide-and-seek (game); hide-and-go-seek
aspiration; volunteering; desire; application
one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way
deployment; disposition; posting; stationing
(a place) within one's reach
orthopedics; plastic surgery; cosmetic surgery; smoothing (bursty traffic, etc.); shaping; fairing
rare; uncommon; rare; lightly cooked; rhea (bird of family Rheidae); Rhea (Greek goddess)
to become popular; to grow in popularity; to catch on
scarcity value; rarity value; preciousness
dilettante; lecher; nymphomaniac
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
to trick someone (into confirming or revealing the truth); to ask a leading question
trade; business; occupation; profession; job
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
manager; controller; chief treasurer; boss (of a gambling den)
business world; business circles; (the) industry
destruction (esp. of evidence); spoliation; suppression; hiding; concealment
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
bottomless; unlimited; immeasurable; inexhaustible
once you've committed a crime, commit to it; in for a penny, in for a pound; (lit.) if you've eaten poison, (lick) the plate
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
to break (a promise); to ignore (a call, text message, etc.)
to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue
incompletion; incomplete; unfinished
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)