to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
wide area; wide view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-out view
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
government service; the bureaucracy
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
it's no joke; gimme a break!
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
state of emergency; emergency; crisis
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
associate; junior; assistant; runner-up
measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
the whole body; all one's (strength, anger, spirit, etc.)
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
bend; curvature; deflection
to be twisted; to be wrapped; to be distorted
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
torrent; rapid stream; violently rushing stream
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
to scatter; to blow about; (arch.) to spread a rumor; (arch.) to talk around
dense (e.g. fog, dust, etc.); thick; vague (as in being unable to think clearly); dim
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
sudden; unexpected; unpredictable; unforeseen
going on and on (about inconsequential things); talking nonsense; idling away the time; dawdling
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
save; checking; curbing; suppressing
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
shaking; jolting; shaking up (e.g. one's adversary); flustering (someone)
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
magical powers; supernatural powers; spell; charm
to jar; to creak; to grate
creaking; groaning (e.g. under physical stress)
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt