terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
violent explosion; bursting
to deceive; to blind the eyes of
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
cooperation; coordination; link
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
professional job; profession
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting)
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
random pounding (e.g. on a drum)
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
hole; hole (in golf); (golf) cup; (electron) hole
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
area of the field one is supposed to (or able to) defend; (one's) field; (one's) scope; one's type; kind of person one is attracted to
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
splash; spray; chance blow; by-blow; getting dragged into (a quarrel, etc.)
one's last moments; death throes; agony of death
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment
surplus; remainder; residue; margin; balance
to serve; to work for; to attend
for example; for instance; e.g.
all around; as far as the eye can see
charcoal; charred remains
heavy flooding; disastrous flood; deluge; great flood (sent by a deity); flood myth
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
example; illustration; precedent
to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)