to run off; to break into a run; to start running
wintry; very cold-looking (e.g. landscape); bleak (e.g. room, street); desolate; empty (of furnishings)
to hurry (up); to press; to urge on
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
flame; blaze; fire; attack; aggression
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
in full force; in great numbers; in droves; large-scale project; grand plan
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
complete set; all; everything
completely black; black from top to bottom; black from head to toe
equipment; harness; fittings
to wear; to be dressed in; to have on
clothes; clothing; garments
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
value; worth; merit; estimation; evaluation; appraisal
by sheer strength; by brute force
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
everywhere; all over; throughout
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
to lose sight of; to miss
to stumble a step or two forward (when trying to stop); to pass one's destination and stumble a step or two forward; to totter
just when (one is about to ...); just as; the very moment when; on the point of
pinioning; binding arms behind the back
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
being absorbed in; losing oneself in; losing control of oneself
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
plainly; clearly; vividly
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
hilt (of a sword); haft (of a dagger); handle; handgrip