check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship
cover; covering; cover song; cover version; coverage; to compensate for (a loss)
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
several times; several degrees
(a) jump; splashes (usu. of mud); upward turn at the bottom (e.g. of a vertical stroke of a kanji or of a hairdo); close (e.g. of a theatrical performance); breakup
to give off sparks; to spark; to scintillate; to have a heated argument; to combat; to do something fiercely
the scruff or nape of the neck
tackle (e.g. rugby); fishing tackle
to ram one's opponent head-first in the initial charge; to punch hard; to hit hard
container; receptacle; vessel; packaging
to cause someone's death; to cause someone to die; to kill
bomb blast; blast (from an explosion); shock wave
to rampage; to run wild; to go berserk; to be violent (waves, wind, etc.); to be rough
indiscrimination; without discrimination; indiscriminate
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
to smash; to break into pieces
hinge; joint (esp. an anatomical joint)
fierce; intense; severe; violent; strong; vehement
just now; a little while back; a short time ago
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
pulverization; pulverisation; smashing; demolishing
wondrous; marvellous; uncanny; like a charm
centre of explosion; center of explosion; hypocentre; hypocenter; ground zero
mineral dust; mine dust; fine particles; dust
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer