sudden drop; sharp fall; nosedive; swoop
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
revolutionary (e.g. technology)
right beside; close to; nearby
to push aside; to push one's way through
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
accomplishment; execution
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to grimace; to make a wry face
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
healing (esp. through alternative therapies, music, color therapy, supernatural powers, etc.)
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined
re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-
combination; union; binding; bond
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
to cease; to stop; to be over
chief; main; principal; major
talented; gifted; prodigious; virtuoso; masterful
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
regular; well-regulated; systematic; orderly
with a snap; with a crack
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
lever; agent (causing something to happen); instrument; assistant; helper
beyond one's control; nothing one can do
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment