to sniff out; to get wind of
important position; strategic point; important point; main point; essentials
battery (of artillery, cameras, etc.); barrage
greatly energetic; ferocious; extreme; severe
successively; one after another
rigour; rigor; closeness; compactness; tightly knit
rushing around; running wild
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
with a whack; with a thump; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; vacantly; blankly
blank space (in a document); blank; void; whitespace
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
to unfold; to unroll; to open
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
single combat; duel; one-on-one fight
sound judgment; sane decision; act performed with a clear mind
exchange (of words, views, punches, cups, etc.); give-and-take; reply; answer; response
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
razor; razor-sharp (mind, intellect, etc.); keen; astute person; person of keen intellect
fine (grain, workmanship, etc.); close (weave); delicate; precise; accurate; careful
to assemble; to put together; to set up; to form (words, sentences, etc.)
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh
equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
to congeal; to gelatinize; to jellify; to jell; to gell; to freeze
fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
group; (free) radical; counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones, satellites)
purging (data); purge (esp. of public officials)
shooting; firing; emitting; ejection; projection; injection
flash (of light); glint; schiller
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
middle; center; heart; midst (e.g. of a storm); peak (e.g. of a season); (the) height (of something)