start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
restlessly; in continuous motion
devaluation (e.g. of currency); markdown; write-down; undercutting
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
foul; breaking the rules; violation (of the law, regulations, etc.); infringement; breach
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
unhappy; sad; miserable; wretched; gloomy; melancholic
to hit each other; to exchange blows; to fight
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
with these words; while saying
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
to fix; to settle; to standardize; constant; definite; uniform
incremental; step-by-step; gradual; stepwise
nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; quality; inherent characteristic; property
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
dead branch (or twig, etc.); withered branch
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; (arch.) to rise up (of breaking waves)
red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist
pat; tap; pop; crack; cutesy suffix applied to names
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion