insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh
to knock down; to utterly defeat
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
absorption; suction; attraction
substance; real form; main part; main unit; this machine; this appliance; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.)
trivial; not amounting to much
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
hastily made; improvised preparation
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
to blow off (strongly); to blow away; to drive away (e.g. one's worries); to dispel; to do at great speed (e.g. drive a car); to carry out (a task) very quickly
in good health; alive and well; going strong
preference; priority; precedence
hostility; antagonism; opposition
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
concentration; thickness; density; cardinality
transition (esp. in scientific contexts)
(with a) slamming noise (door, telephone receiver); (with a) banging noise; (with a) clash (broken dish); (with a) clank; (with a) bang
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
the sixth sense; intuition; hunch
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
duty; obligation; responsibility
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
attribute; property; context; character class, type, fetish, etc.