strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
to be better than; to be ahead of; to outdo; to surpass; to exceed
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
sun (approx. 3 cm); length; measurement; shortness; tininess
to exploit a gap (in attention, security, etc.); to catch off guard
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife
to admire greatly; to salute (in admiration); to take one's hat off to
abasement; fall; forfeiture; sinking (in people's estimation)
fall; crash (of an aircraft)
agonizing cries; pandemonium; two of Buddhism's hells
(land) with a thump; slumping (of something heavy); (lying down) with a flop; effortlessly (throw onto); roundishly (shaped; of something large)
to open one's eyes wide (as in fear or anger); to faint
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
to be spattered by blood from one's victim; to suffer a reaction; to receive a backlash
to rise gradually; to rise slowly; to come up from below the stage (by being lifted up on the stage elevator)
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind
longing; yearning; aspiration; adoration
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
mixture; jumble; blend; making a cord by entwining threads of various colours
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
fanatic; fanatic believer; zealot
magazine (for a firearm); cylinder (of a revolver)
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
with a vroom; with a sudden shaking
to mow down; to cut down; to slash (horizontally); to make a clean sweep; to sweep away; to brush away
loud laughter (esp. by a group of people); roar of laughter; raucous laughter
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
to laugh off (a rumor, worries, etc.); to laugh away
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
low-altitude flying; having consistently poor results (grades, sales, etc.); barely scraping by; being on the verge of failing
ambush; troops in ambush; unexpected opposition; unexpected obstacle
to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive