clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
to fire into; to shoot into
tsk; tut; shoot; chirp; tweet
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside
to run through (a crowd, gate, etc.); to sweep through (e.g. of news through a city); to run past (someone) from behind; to overtake
to stand (up); to rise; to stand (in a position; of a person, tree, building, etc.); to be situated (in, on); to be (in difficulties, the lead, etc.); to put oneself (in a position or situation); to leave (to do something)
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; impulse
instant; moment; (split) second; (in a) flash; (in the) blink of an eye
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
president (of a society); chairman
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); wherever (e.g. one's feet take one); according to
dealing with; coping with
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
certain; sure; no doubt; reliable; dependable
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
to look (stare) back at (someone); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to put a person to shame; to look back (behind oneself)
disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown
contempt; scorn; disdain; despising; looking down on; slighting
to laugh off (a rumor, worries, etc.); to laugh away
to win; to achieve; to gain; to obtain; to secure
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
to desire; to want; to expect (of someone); to hope for; to see; to command (a view of)
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation