to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear
distinction; discrimination
swing and a miss; (punching and) failing to make contact; (ending in) failure; fruitless effort
to be too numerous; to be too much
to become stormy; to become rough (of the sea); to fall into ruin; to become neglected; to become rough (of skin); to get chapped
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
life and death; life or death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
friend and foe; enemies and allies; both sides
ahead; forward; (in) front; having a square front
panic; scare; alarm; panic; financial panic
care; precaution; guarding; caution
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to enter one's ears (e.g. of water)
agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility
evergreen tree; (an) evergreen
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; of course; definitely
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress
cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements; e.g. trembling, quick steps); gradual; bit by bit
to shed light; to cast light
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
expansion; extension; magnification; enlargement; escalation; spread
not yet known; unknown; strange
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
formation; molding; making (up); repair (e.g. with plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
to cut up; to split open; to rip to pieces; to tear to pieces
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
to be injured; to sustain a wound