running continuously; firing in rapid succession
noninclusion in a team; not being chosen to play
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
at a disadvantage; in an unfavourable position; having poor prospects; standing little chance
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic
to blow up (i.e. wind); to blow upwards; to spout into the air
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
correction; rectification; mending; repair
to damage; to do harm; to disadvantage
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
serious damage; injury or loss; heavy blow
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
second coming; second advent
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
cracks or fissures in the ground
to cover up the sky (e.g. smoke)
to get lost; to lose one's bearings; to be puzzled; to be perplexed; to be tempted; to be seduced
to gradually disappear; to be vanishing
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
to stretch; to reach to; to stand on tiptoe
that is to say; so that means
variegated; varicoloured; varicolored; multi-coloured; multi-colored; diverse
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
independently; individually; separately; alone; singlehanded; unassisted
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill
three persons; three parties
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
abuse; misuse; misappropriation; using to excess
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
having wounds all over one's body; being wounded all over; receiving a drubbing; being subjected to a barrage of criticism
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway