holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful
to turn; to shift; to switch; to change; to alter
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing
(around the) neck; nape; collar (at the front of a coat, kimono, etc.); collar area
wind direction; situation; way things are going; mood; temper
next; secondly; subsequently
as stated; verbatim; literally
to flare up; to burst into flames
to arise; to break out; to well up; to burst
to let (something or someone) go past; to do too much
to surround; to encircle; to enclose; to fawn over (someone); to play up to; to curry favor with
at full speed; as fast as one's legs can carry one
change of schedule; schedule change
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
before the gate; in front of the gate
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
upper half of the body; upper body
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
with a pat; with a tap; with a pop; with a crack; casually (throw); carelessly
adaptation; accommodation; conforming; acclimatization; acclimatisation
simple substance (e.g. chemical); something standing alone; separate item; solo item
jumble; mixture; mess; muddle; disorder; chaos
half the number; half (of an amount); haploid (organism, cell, etc.); haplont
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
to run through; to run past
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly