transfer (trains, buses, etc.); change; switch (to another ideology, party, system, method, etc.); change; switching (stock); chromosomal crossover
coming alongside a pier, quay, etc.; reaching land (of a boat)
to profess to be; to pass oneself off (as); to advertise oneself (as); to advertise; to announce; to make publicly known
plating (chrome, gold, silver, etc.); coating; gilding; pretense; pretence; simulation
closed circle (of suspects, in mystery fiction)
to sweep away the stresses of the day; to unwind; to refresh the mind
pushing forward (undaunted); pushing on (toward a goal); striving (for)
I'm not so sure; I can hardly say with any finality that ...
cenotaph; memorial monument
playfulness; playful mood; imaginativeness
stepping (in place); stamping (up and down); stomping; standstill; stalemate
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
road approaching a shrine
pin (e.g. hairpin, safety pin); (bowling) pin; pin; flagstick; (a) one (on dice or Japanese playing cards); first; top
luxury cruise ship; luxury liner
final destination; last stop; end; conclusion; goal
available room (hotel); vacancy; room to let
manuscript; version; draft
toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.
gunpowder magazine; magazine; explosives warehouse; (fig.) powder keg
quay; wharf; jetty; wall-like shoreline; cliff wall
interval; break; rift (in clouds)
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
freely; frankly; without reserve
flair; flash; insight; flash (of inspiration, wit, etc.); waving (e.g. of a flag in the wind)
living in a group; communal living; community life
slight; little; insignificant
death and injury; being killed or injured
disintegration; self-destruction
shortage of stock; scarcity of goods; being in short supply
beyond help; there's nothing that can be done
simmering; (boiling) gently
to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil
to well up; to burst; to arise
master inventor; king of inventors (e.g. Edison)
worm; insect; insignificant person; pathetic person
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out