fringe; rim; periphery; borders; outskirts
command; control; commander
dots and dashes; Morse code; radio telegraphy
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
deployment; spreading out; dispersal
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
toppling sideways; turning sideways; falling over sideways; barrel roll
slope; incline; slope (of a linear function); gradient (vector calculus)
falling down; tumbling; reversing; inverting; getting upset
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
hail (e.g. of bullets); barrage; storm; rain and hail
throwing down; dropping; airdrop; investment
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to be in full bloom; to blossom in full glory; to be in fullness of bloom
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
nine; nine years of age; twelve o'clock (old time system)
to be hideously burned; to be burned raw
bright red; crimson lotus flower
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
fireball; bolide; fireball
to fly around; to scatter
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
killing and wounding; bloodshed
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
to squash; to crush; to flatten
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
blood relative; close relation; (one's) flesh and blood; flesh and blood; the body