check; restraint; oppression; suppression
(animal) collar; necklace; choker
beyond imagination; unimaginable
stretch; tension; resilience; springiness; will-power; pluck
exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak
combat readiness; battle readiness; fighting trim
former (e.g. name); previous; changed; examination; inspection; investigation
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
to come off; to slip down; to slip off
the skin (of a human being); warmth of the skin; body warmth
to accept one's inferiority; to take one's hat off to someone; to give up; to surrender; to strike one's colors
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
very interesting; of great interest
in the future; another day; later
interview (i.e. television, newspaper, etc.)
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
I've got to be going; I must go
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
founding member (of a music group, etc.); initial member
strongly hoping or requesting (of something that is difficult to be brought to fruition)
white; correction fluid; white-out
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
fury; frenzy; madness; wildness
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
vomit; spew; puke; confessing
to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of
opening; gap; dried and opened fish
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...; none other than ...
front and back; inside and outside; two sides; duplicity; double-dealing; being two-faced
resurrection (of a company or school, etc.)
purse with a metal clasp; handbag (with clasp); pouch (with clasp); coin purse (with clasp)
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over