to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
frost; white hair; grey hair; gray hair
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
ambush; troops in ambush; unexpected opposition; unexpected obstacle
impact (of a projectile); landing (of a bullet); striking
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to lob (e.g. grenades)
sense of space; spaciousness
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
to shake; to waver; to tremble
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
to fly around; to scatter
to sway to and fro; to drift about; to flutter; to be fickle; to be irresolute; to vacillate
right on; dead on; fitting to a T; on the button; perfectly correct
large truck; semi-trailer
to shout with exultation; to shout for joy
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
reason; cause; circumstances
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
in order to do; for the purpose of doing
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
worthy opponent; worthy rival; good match
disregarding; taking no account of; ignoring; overlooking
staunch; hardcore; dyed-in-the-wool; metal reinforcement
striking on the side; side blow; slanting (rain, snow, etc.); driving
burst of laughter; roar of laughter
-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)