attentive; cautious; careful; watchful
gallant; manly; brave; imposing; awe-inspiring; chivalrous
daring; brave; bold; valiant; intrepid; dauntless
to form a pair; to pair up
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
suddenly; unexpectedly; by chance; accidentally; lightly; nimbly
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to move (to another place or state); to change (e.g. of state, affiliation, scenery, etc.); to spread (of a fire, smell, etc.); to catch (an illness); to move (e.g. of one's focus); to change (e.g. of one's interest)
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
lightly; easily; carelessly
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
to shut in; to confine (in); to seal in; to contain; to suppress; to restrain
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing
to be able to ...; can ...; to get; to acquire; to obtain
ding (of a bell); bing; honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort; heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
sense organ; sensory organ
restoration; repair; mending
repeated blows; striking repeatedly; barrage; consecutive hits (e.g. in boxing, baseball)
to shave off; to scrape off
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
attaching too much importance to; placing disproportionate emphasis on; making too much of
front; frontage; facade; main
shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
sticky; gummy; gooey; tenacious; persistent; dogged
idle thoughts; worldly thoughts
(forming a) circle; huddle; circular (battle) formation