impact (of a projectile); landing (of a bullet); striking
omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger; precursor
difficult to ...; hard to ...
beforehand; in advance; previously
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
to not know what to do with; to be at a loss with; to have difficulty with; to be put out
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
to send (something) flying; to splatter; to drive (something) off
falling down; tumbling; reversing; inverting; getting upset
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
indiscriminate shooting; random shooting; firing blindly
to rain incessantly; to downpour
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to have a reason; to have an excuse
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
choices; alternatives; options
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
series of battles; successive battles
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
next; secondly; subsequently
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
prizefighter; pro boxer; professional boxer; pugilist
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places
living thing; organism; creature; biology