thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
leaf vegetable; green vegetable; edible herb
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
business trip; official trip
cookie; biscuit; cookie (browser-related file sent from a WWW server)
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
leaving everything up to someone else
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
recoil; hesitation; flinching; shrinking back
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
gunfight; exchange of shots; firefight
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
complete blockade (seal); baseball shutout
almost; roughly; approximately
preference; priority; precedence
nature; property; disposition
to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
calculation; computation; bill; check; consideration; allowance
not holding on; not using the hands; letting go one's hold; lack of reserve (in expressing one's emotions); lack of restraint; openly (saying)
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly