to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
all present; all concerned; all of us
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
audience; spectator; spectators
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
short distance; short range; short-haul
first move (in go, shogi, etc.); moving first; person with the first move; forestalling; (seizing the) initiative
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to bend; to warp; to curve
following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with
each (every) time; whenever
to be gouged; to be hollowed; to become hollow
young person; youth; young
heavy equipment; heavily equipped; heavily armed; heavily armored
maneuver (usu. of military force); manoeuvre; mobile; nimble; agile
to parry; to sidestep; to dodge
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment
to knead well; to polish; to refine
decisive battle of brief duration
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
continuation; succession; series
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead
magic bullet; magic bullets
intercept; interception; counter-attack
to turn aside adroitly; to dodge
pulverization; pulverisation; smashing; demolishing
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
violent explosion; bursting
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to stick into and move around; to dig around in; to pick (i.e. one's teeth)
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting