brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
to pick out item(s) from a group to keep
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
sight (e.g. of a gun); aim; alignment
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
to pull the trigger; to squeeze the trigger
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to underrate; to make light of
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
to shoot out (lights, window, etc.)
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
remains; corpse; (dead) body
being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
being unfamiliar with a locality; not knowing one's way around; (lit.) not knowing one's right hand from the left; being clueless
since when; from when; how long
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
the other day; lately; recently
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
to pick up; to find; to gather
to take advantage of one's carelessness; to perform a surprise attack
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
soft sound; dampening (of sound)
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
(short) rest; breather; break
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
to play a trick; to put up a false show; to deceive someone; to put on a play; to present a play; to give a play