tag (children's game); tig
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
divide into four pieces; one fourth
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
second (unit of time); arc second
only; merely; but; no more than
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
extremely gruesome; lurid; violent; bloody; fierce
hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
to put on the brakes; to put a stop to
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
indicates means of action; cause of effect; by
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
innumerable; countless; numberless
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there