to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
substance; essence; substantive; substantial; in essence; in effect
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
to push up (one's hair) with one's fingers; to comb up; to smooth back (a wisp of hair)
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
result (that makes an act worthwhile); worth (in doing something); value; effect; use; benefit
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
affirmation; declaration; assertion; end of sentence
militant (faction, group, person, etc.); hardliner who favors force over compromise; hawk
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
hurdle; hurdle race; hurdles; hurdle; obstacle
incomparable; cannot compare (with); beyond comparison; in another league
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
threat; intimidation; menace
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
beyond this point; ahead; from now on; after this; in the future
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
to stick (into); to pierce; to enter at full speed; to hit (e.g. the catcher's mitt) at speed
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
to look toward; to have one's eyes drawn towards something
explosion; detonation; blast; outburst (of emotion); explosion (e.g. of anger); eruption (e.g. of discontent)
prevailing view; common opinion; general consideration
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
to be at a loss; to be puzzled; to be perplexed; to be pressed for; to be pinched for; to become poor
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
induced explosion; secondary explosion
doing as one is told; yes-man
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
to experience (something unpleasant); to go through; to suffer
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
one foot; one leg; one of a pair (of shoes or socks)
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry