empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
(sound of a) gunshot; (gun) report
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that
every person; every mouth; every entrance
to make a great fuss; to raise a hue and cry; to make an uproar; to clamour
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
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
vague; desultory; distracted; loose; half-hearted; diffuse
vacant space; aperture; gap; opening
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
pin (e.g. hairpin, bowling pin, golf pin, etc.); one (on dice, in cards, etc.); beginning; best; kickback
preeminence; excellence; superiority; transcendence
unskilled; not very good at
suicidal act; self-destroying action; suicidal action
to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out
wedge; chock; linchpin; tie; bond
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
shelter; cover; screen; shield; obstruction; defilade
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
to put someone to work; to make someone work
utterly (unknown; esp. of someone's whereabouts); completely; (no information) whatsoever; at all
wound suffered in a fight
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
insurrection; rebellion; revolt; riot; uprising
new government; new administration
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
time; season; period; phase; stage
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise