head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
line of defence (defense); lines (as in enemy lines, etc.)
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
amount of material resources
how; in what way; how about
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
way; method; means; resource; course
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
opposite; reverse; contrary; front and back; parallel to; back to back
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
(are you) alright?; (are you) OK?
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
long distance; long range; long distance relationship
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
tedious; boring; being fed up with
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
therefore; for that reason; so; because of that
to cramp up; to tighten; to be insistent; to persist (in one's opinion); to act tough; to bluff; to prop up (e.g. with a post)
to be packed (with); to be filled; to be blocked (of a pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to be become shorter; to shrink; to be at a loss (for)
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
seeing (with the naked eye); observation; visual inspection
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
open seam; seam that has come apart; tear
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice
rotation; revolution; working (e.g. of one's mind); function; turnover (of goods, funds, etc.); circulation
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains
(divine) revelation; divine oracle
protective wall; defensive wall; barrier; bulwark
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to become fine (of fabric); to be checkmated; to be hard pressed; to be at a loss
firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship