being startled; getting a shock
to pound (e.g. heart); to pulse (e.g. vein); to pulsate
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab
innocent; naive; artless; unsophisticated; pure; fresh
tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful
calm before a storm; lull before the storm
correction; rectification; mending; repair
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
extinguishing; dying out (of a fire); putting out
reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
vitality; energy; dynamism
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
to make sense; to be meaningful
early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning
control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
instruction; direction; briefing
to shake; to waver; to tremble
to become excited; to grow lively
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)
color scheme; colour scheme
relation; connection; relevance
traitor (to one's country); quisling
regional legal affairs bureau
striving for effect; heroics; dramatics; showmanship; staginess; (exaggerated) theatricality
factory; manufactory; works; mill
to explain adequately; to be accountable
useless resistance; vain struggle
without; but if; otherwise; or else
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
one's own handwriting; autograph
in any case; whatever the case may be
beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully
clear insight; resignation (to one's fate); acceptance