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 (someone's words or behaviour); 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 be moved (by); to be touched (by); to become infected with (an illness); to catch
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
power; might; authority; influence
tremendous; immense; enormous; colossal; stupendous; huge
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; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
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; impulse
the point just before ...; the point of (doing); the verge (of); (just before the) edge
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 face; to head to; to go towards; to allot; to allocate
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
almost completely empty; virtually empty; inadequately defended; undefended; unguarded
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
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