alone; by oneself; on one's own
something; some kind of; for some reason
to employ; to hire; to charter
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
regret; repentance; remorse
repeating firearm; a repeater
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
to pass (of time); to elapse
sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
taking a long time; slowness; sluggishness; lack of firmness; looseness; slovenliness
blow; shock; strike; batting
wood chip; splinter; worthless thing; worthless person
even more; still more; further
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
falling together; mutual destruction; joint bankruptcy
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
de- (indicating reversal, removal, etc.); post-
Pacific needlefish (Strongylura anastomella)
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
eyesight; vision; visual acuity
trajectory; line of fire; ballistic
to see everything; to see all; to abandon; to give up; to sell at a loss; to sell off
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
one by one; one after another; successively
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
block (of wood); chip; splinter
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other