to bash; to hit hard; to strike; to beat (someone in battle)
eccentricity; eccentric behaviour
living; life; judo art of resuscitation; action; activity
scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting
drop (e.g. of water); drip
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
to engage (with); to be in gear (with); to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength
thought; consideration; thinking
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
clear; clearing (a bar, hurdle, etc.); overcoming; getting through; clearing (the ball); clearing (e.g. a checked box)
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
climax; peak; zenith; apex
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward
to cheer up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits
all over the body; from head to foot; all over
cell; cell (in an organization, esp. a communist party)
one-by-one; separately; in detail
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
sudden turn; sudden change; (suddenly occurring) accident; emergency
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
struggling; pawing (e.g. horses' hooves)
smelling of mud or earth; unrefined; uncouth
to draw closed the curtain (of a theatre, etc.); (fig.) to come to an end
top of the head; crown of the head
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
riding fast; driving a horse fast
order; sequence; procedure
to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
to collect information; to gather knowledge
position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint
invention; origination; discovery