attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
concatenation; coupling; connection; linking; consolidation (e.g. of company accounts)
wedge; chock; linchpin; tie; bond
interruption; suspension; break
low (level, value, price, etc.)
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
retainer; attendant; escort
toppling sideways; turning sideways; falling over sideways; barrel roll
directly opposite; right in front
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
bipartite; in two parts; double
flashiness; showiness; brilliance; bloom; flowers
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
to gradually disappear; to be vanishing
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
archery; mapping; map; morphism
being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria
complete recovery of health
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
looking away; looking aside
punch (with the fist); punching (a hole); hole punch; punch (drink); punch (in a song, speech, etc.); impact
saber (cavalry sword); sabre
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
with a smooth, unhindered motion; speedily and without delay
good at fighting; usually wins a fight
without the least difference; exactly; perfectly; to the inch
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting