shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to cause a person trouble
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
to gather; to collect; to assemble
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
summons; summonsing; citation; subpoena; arraigning; calling
to want; to wish for; (arch.) to request; (arch.) to demand; (arch.) to seek; (arch.) to search for
soldier; combatant; warrior
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
to crawl out; to creep out; to begin to crawl
the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly
in an instant; instantly; in a moment; instantaneously; in the twinkling of an eye
long sword; minute hand (of a clock)
skeleton (of a vertebrate, ship, building, etc.); transparency (revealing the inner workings of a device); translucency; skeleton (sport); skeleton (code)
sweeping sideways; mowing down
cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
resuscitation; regeneration; reformation; rehabilitation; playback; regeneration (sound, etc.)
spine; backbone; spinal column
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
four handed performance (on the piano)
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
with a clatter; with a rattle; empty; bare; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
of course; certainly; naturally
to pull the trigger; to squeeze the trigger
(sound of a) gunshot; (gun) report
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
function; facility; faculty; feature
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
in succession; one after another
to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something