to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
to surround; to crowd around; to gather around; to encircle; to besiege
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
for a long time; since long ago; always; already; far in advance (e.g. reservation)
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous; to be absurd
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
to mow down; to cut down; to slash (horizontally); to make a clean sweep; to sweep away; to brush away
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
great speed; recklessly fast speed
wrong direction; different direction (from what one expected)
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air); to form an arc
appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments; elusive; phantom
to do for real; to do in real life; to carry (a story) into actual practice
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding (a runner) on base
malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
villain; baddie; the villain's part
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
role; part; job; assignment
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
to cut (into two or more pieces)
all you want; as much as one wants
calm; composed; leisurely
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)