to approach; to draw near
manners; courtesy; etiquette
to know; to understand; to (understand and) accept (a responsibility); to have a knowledge of (a skill, art, etc.); to have a command of
transactions; dealings; business
flight; desertion; escape
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
they; those guys; those fellows
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
troubled face; worried expression
classical form of martial art
duty; obligation; responsibility
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
exemplar; model; example; pattern
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
forced laugh; forced smile
unable to put up any resistance; unable to put up a fight; not standing a chance (against)
fragment; broken piece; one of the same group; accomplice; one of a pair; counterpart
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
technique; art; skill; move
to leap back; to jump back
minor or untalented actor (relegated to roles such as the legs of a stage horse); (lit.) horse's legs
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
very close (to); within a stone's throw (of); a stone's throw away (from)
to dislocate one's back; to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise
stimulus; stimulation; impetus; impulse; excitement; thrill
along; parallel to; in accordance with
curve; turn; curveball; curve ball; (wine) cellar
to ascend; to go up; to climb
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
this and that; one thing or another
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary