to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
from here; from this place
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
one person; another name; nickname; alias
loitering; roaming; sauntering; wandering about; prowling
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
one of two (possibilities, alternatives, etc.)
beehive; hive; something full of holes; (fig.) Swiss cheese; honeycomb tripe; wall of a cow's second stomach
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
massing (of troops); gathering
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
lightning strike; thunderbolt; bolt of lightning; to strike (lightning); to be struck by lightning
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
to not take seriously; to take lightly
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
morning star; Venus; preeminent person (within their own field); star (of the stage, silver screen, etc.)
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
to blow up (i.e. wind); to blow upwards; to spout into the air
snakelike; snaky; serpentine
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
tradition; legend; folklore
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
gentle; mild; meek; tender
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
by sheer strength; by brute force
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of