to freeze (from fear); to be unable to (too frightened to) run
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
calm; composed; cool; quiet
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
to grip; to grasp; to squeeze
blue; azure; green; pale (facial color); gray; unripe
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
to be blurred (due to motion; of a photo, video, etc.); to be shaken (of a camera); to waver (in one's beliefs, policy, etc.); to shift (position); to be slightly off
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements; e.g. trembling, quick steps); gradual; bit by bit
strength; power; proficiency; ability
to break (a promise); to ignore (a call, text message, etc.)
in an instant; instantly; in a moment; instantaneously; in the twinkling of an eye
to be erected; to be built
crack; fissure; rift (in a relationship); split; crack
feeling of transparency; sense of translucence; clear and unclouded feel (e.g. of a voice, skin, etc.); bright and limpid impression; transparency (of a process, activity, etc.); clarity of how things work
to bury; to embed; to implant
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
run-down house; dilapidated house; shabby old house; (arch.) rag and scrap merchant
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
to peel off; to come off; to flake off; to fade; to discolor; to discolour
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
violence; assault; rough (handling, language, etc.); reckless; rape; sexual assault
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
substance; true form; main part; main unit; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.); noumenon
to dismantle; to demount; to take something away; to detach
quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to dodge (a question, blow, etc.)
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement