mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
doddering; tottering; unsteady; shaky; decrepit; infirm
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
with a bang; with a crash; with a bump; suddenly (fall); sharply
(dying) suddenly; (breaking) brittly; with a snap; softly and swellingly
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
causing concern; (lit.) bad for the heart
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
settlement (of affairs); remedial measures; cleaning up afterwards
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
to rise; to erect; to get up
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
playing dead; feigning death; playing possum
to recover consciousness; to come to
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
small pieces; fragments; chopped meat; scraps (of beef, pork, etc.)
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
different opinion; objection
your body; your health; yourself; you
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
(feeling a chill or shiver) suddenly; (feeling) chilly; chillily; with a sudden sense of dread (or fear, etc.); (being) suddenly (afraid, frightened, etc.); suddenly (breaking out in a cold sweat)