war situation; progress of a battle
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
to bend; to warp; to lose heart
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance
to be choppy (of waves); to be rough; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to beat fast (of a heart); to be in turmoil; to be in discord
explosive; sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
right under; directly below
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
leg strength; walking ability; running ability
lumping together (things or people); treating (everyone) alike; handling indiscriminately; making sweeping generalizations; dealing with (various things) under one head
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
intimidating air; sense of intimidation
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife
to dig out; to hollow out; to cut into
violent explosion; bursting
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
internal organs; intestines; viscera
to parry; to sidestep; to dodge
defensive body movement (judo, kendo, etc.)
to straighten oneself; to straighten one's clothes and one's posture; to adopt a more serious attitude
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
real intention; true motive; true will; original intention; original purpose; original hope
common name; popular name
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
both; both sides; both parties
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied
secret art; the mysteries
same kind (race); homogeneousness
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever