tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
to feel; to sense; to experience
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
power; might; authority; influence
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
jumping sideways; flying sideways; running hurriedly (with one's body bent forward)
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to turn towards; to point
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
virtually empty; quite empty; inadequately defended; defenseless; defenceless
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe