mainly; chiefly; primarily; for the most part
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising
successively; one after another
opposite bank; farther shore
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
to slide into; to slip into
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
one after another; in rapid succession
at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn
vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
to succeed; to bear fruit
because; for; the reason why is ...
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
late at night; small hours of the morning
unprecedented; never seen before
all over; everywhere; in every nook and cranny
even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
patriarch; head of a family
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
best; extra-fine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy)
for a while; for some time; for a period
to face on; to look out on to
river surface; surface of a river
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
flat; even; level; plain (speech, etc.); simple
to work hard; to sweat; to wash off one's sweat