charging with gunpowder; charge of gunpowder
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
to splash; to raise (e.g. prices)
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to jump (out of the way); to jump back; to jump aside
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
abrasion; scrape; graze; paratripsis
(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock
main battery; main armament
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
on the right as one faces (it)
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking
sight (e.g. of a gun); aim; alignment
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating
sound; noise; acoustics; reverberation; echo; audio
to bring back; to restore
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
to break; to tear; to pierce; to split; to burst
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
forefoot; forefeet; foreleg; forelimb
control column; yoke; joystick
to leap back; to jump back
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
to be crushed; to be squashed (flat); to be discouraged
(theatrical) blackout; taking a (sudden) turn for the worse; rapid deterioration