fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
to recognize by sound (recognise); to identify by sound; to understand; to be reasonable
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
mole cricket (esp. the Oriental mole cricket, Gryllotalpa orientalis)
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means
quick-witted; bright; rapid thinking
sharp ear; long ears; ability to remember everything one hears
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak
way; method; means; resource; course
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
retreat; withdrawal; retirement
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
way out; means to escape; escape route
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
giving up on winning a hand and discarding only safe tiles
present location; current location; "you are here" (on map)