linear; rectilinear; straight-line; straightforward; simple
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
direction of movement (motion); direction of travel (esp. train)
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
near light speed; sublight speed
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
to crack down on (e.g. crime, corruption); to deal a crushing blow to; to bring down the hammer on
interval; break; pause; spare moment
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
hail (esp. hailballs 5 mm or greater)
under control (e.g. of territory)
keeping an alternative up one's sleeve; two-stage preparation
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
to bring; to take; to bring about
grain thief; sharpened tube for testing rice in bags; sashimi (sliced raw fish); stabbing; piercing
superman; superwoman; Ubermensch (e.g. Nietzsche's ideal man of the future); overman
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
opposite side; other side
(beating someone) hands down; with a single blow
brightness; splendour; splendor
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
light; faint; pale; fleeting
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve