advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
in the face of; in defiance of
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
mixing; compounding; dispensing (e.g. prescription)
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
water pistol; squirt gun; water gun
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
failed creative work; flop; dud; bomb
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
throwaway; disposable; single-use
bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
high voltage; high pressure
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
to adorn; to decorate; to dress up; to build up
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
on the occasion of; at the time of
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
sublimation; sublimating (an emotion, impulse, etc.); channelling; diverting
forcibly; against one's will
orbit; trajectory; railroad track; (right) track; proper course
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down in boxing); count (of radioactivity)
interval; break; pause; spare moment
intercept; interception; counter-attack
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring