stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight
to become better; to improve
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)
to discuss; to talk together
to kill; to defeat; to beat
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
to play with; to joke; to use (esp. trick, sophistry, etc.); to deride; to scoff at; to make fun of
proper; respectable; decent; honest
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury
exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
chance (of success); odds
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
to make a blunder; to bungle; to mess up; to make a foolish mistake
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
same; similar; (just) like; equal
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
expressing oneself without words or gestures; force of personality
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
just this side of; one step short of; on the brink
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
suffix indicating room size (following a number of tatami mats and a counter)
cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of
applying (e.g. a technology); adoption
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly