to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
to be lacking in options; to be too few
dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information
to scurry home; to run home; to fly back
in the end; at the end of the day
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
inner citadel; core; center; centre
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
indeterminate form; undefined; indefinite; unstructured
to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to symbolise
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
winding; meandering; zigzagging; zig-zag; in twists and turns; sinuously
body; trunk; torso; hull (boat); fuselage (aircraft)
here and there; in places
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; whether or not
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; here and there; (sound of) walking slowly
(air) bubble (esp. in a liquid)
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
pipe; tube; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
beyond imagination; unimaginable
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
overcoat; exceeding; going over; exaggerated; over the top; over par
creaking; groaning (e.g. under physical stress)
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat