heaven and earth; the universe; top and bottom; gods of heaven and earth
sense of equilibrium; sense of balance
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
pump priming; cause; impetus; spark
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
continuation; succession; series
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
abnormal phenomenon; anomaly
to creak; to squeak; to grate; to grind; to rasp
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
to throw a punch at; to swing at; to strike out at; to raise a hand against
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
covering for the back of the hand and wrist
diagonally; obliquely; slantingly; slantwise
economical; efficient; lean; compact
wooden joints; paired karate kata; beltwork
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
martial arts demonstration; martial arts training
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
climax; peak; zenith; apex
fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune
close combat; close(-quarter) fighting; in-fighting
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
release; emission; ejection
fierce; intense; severe; violent; strong; vehement
torrent; rapid stream; violently rushing stream
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
be (that) as it may; having said that
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
to refuse; to decline; to deny