to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
most (numerous); largest (number of)
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
pit of the stomach; solar plexus; place where water falls
blow to a vital point of a person's body; striking techniques (judo)
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to run down (stairs, etc.)
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
hilt (of a sword); haft (of a dagger); handle; handgrip
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to run out of breath; to get breathless; to get puffed (out)
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
practice; practising; experience
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
indigenous people; native people; aborigines
it is not (like that) either
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
skeleton; skeletal structure; build; framework
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district