The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; providing fully
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
to step firmly; to harden by treading
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
to lurk; to hover in the background; to be coiled up; to stretch tortuously
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to sheathe; to govern; to manage; to control
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); course; catching fish with a net
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
front; frontage; facade; main
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
quickly; swishing; whooshing
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
to knock down; to knock off
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge
rough-hewn; incomplete; unrefined; still in the process of being formed
completely; all the way; altogether; bodily
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
beforehand; in advance; previously
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
both; both sides; both parties
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to