ready with a rifle leveled
top of the head; crown of the head
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
to fire into; to shoot into
coming flying in (of migratory birds, airborne sand, etc.); coming by airplane
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
passing through (of a tunnel, bullet, etc.); going (right) through; penetrating; (arch.) being well versed (in)
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
language of one's country; mother tongue; native language
innumerable; countless; numberless
to stagger; to stumble; to waver; to be in two minds; to have an affair (with); to fall (for someone)
unsightly; ungraceful; clumsy; awkward; unpresentable; unshapely
encroachment; invasion; erosion (e.g. of market share, rights); erosion; corrosion
other people's affairs; someone else's problem
attitude to life; form of existence; way of life
to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered
vision (of the future); foresight; large display screen; imagination; insight; (sense of) sight
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
of tender years; very young
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
puddle of blood; pool of blood
to get used to seeing; to become accustomed to seeing; to be familiar with
to be intimate with; to befriend