shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
fully equipped (particularly with reference to cars)
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; struck dumb with astonishment
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
striking on the side; side blow; slanting (rain, snow, etc.); driving
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
to wash away; to sweep away; to carry away
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
with a scraping sound; with a grating sound; with force; hard; forcibly (carry out); forcefully; hard (e.g. food)
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
restless; fidgety; in a hurry
to come and go; to go back and forth
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
called; known as; that; to say
to become fine (of fabric); to be checkmated; to be hard pressed; to be at a loss
one blow; one hit; one stroke; summiting on the first attempt (oft. without prior knowledge about the route; in climbing); on-sight; flashing
mega- (i.e. 10^6); mega; enormous; huge
heel (of a shoe); heel; bad guy; player of villain roles
round (table, collar, etc.); round; round; round (of a competition); round (of talks, esp. multilateral trade negotiations)
high heels; high-heeled shoes
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
to freeze; to freeze over
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
to backfire; to have a harmful result
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to do physical exercise; to be physically active; (lit.) to move one's body
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
to throw; to toss; to fling; to abandon (one's work); to give up; to lay aside