to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
800,000; eight hundred thousand
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
both hands; both arms; ten
firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly
boasting; big talk; bombast; Australian English
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
reserving; storing; setting aside; laying away
murder; killing; murderer
high efficiency; high performance
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
compensation; equivalent value; consideration
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
tips of one's hair; hair ends
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
rainbow-colored; rainbow-coloured
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
to go (come) inside; to step into; to enter
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
coloured paper; colored paper