hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
assistance; backing; reinforcements
blow; shock; strike; batting
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
to churn up; to strike up; to throw up; to tip up; to flip up
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
landing place (for aircraft); common ground; compromise; agreement
to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine
to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
fall; tumble; spill; degradation; comedown; demotion
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate
to scale (mountain, flight of stairs, etc.)
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder
preemptive strike; preemptive attack; first strike
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
to give off sparks; to spark; to scintillate; to have a heated argument; to combat; to do something fiercely
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
remains; corpse; (dead) body
to rub against; to chafe; to quarrel
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
conduct; behavior; behaviour
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
cannot be avoided (of a problem, etc.); unavoidable; inevitable
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left