fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to evade (question, subject); to ward off; to avert; to put aside
one blow; one hit; one stroke; summiting on the first attempt (oft. without prior knowledge about the route; in climbing); on-sight; flashing
to get damaged; to get chipped; to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt (reputation)
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
right; right-hand side; right hand; the above (in a piece of vertical writing); above-mentioned; the right (wing)
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (someone)
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
with a slip; with a slide
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
to cut off (from); to separate; to detach; to sever; to uncouple
to collapse; to flop (onto)
left breast; left side of the chest
about; on; regarding; per; for every
to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
special; particular; peculiar; unique
to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
to rise (of smoke, steam, etc.); to go up
bulging; swelling (e.g. with water); loose-fitting or baggy (clothing); bubbling; foaming
to get goosebumps; to have gooseflesh
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
one's last moments; hour of death; death throes; agonies of death
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
now; the present time; just now; another; more
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
looking aside; looking away; (from the) eyes of an onlooker; outsider's view; looking on from the side
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
hollow; cavity; dent; depression