spoiled; spoilt; ruined; wasted (chance, etc.); messed up; destroyed
place; position; location; position; standing; status
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
sight (e.g. of a gun); aim; alignment
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
(direct) hit; hitting the mark
cluster of trees; grove; thicket
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
aim (of a gun, bow, etc.); aim; object; objective
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to mislead; to misguide; to do accidentally; to do by mistake
unidentifiable; unidentified
to shoot through (a door, the heart, etc.); to go through
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
abandoned; out-of-use; obsolete; abolished; decommissioned
pod (e.g. a pea pod); shell; hull
departure; departing from ...; sent from ...; (a letter, etc.) dated ...; counter for engines (on an aircraft); counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to adjust; to regulate (e.g. rhythm, tune, one's breathing)
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
as (it is); remaining (in a state); with (e.g. one's eyes closed, the light on); while (e.g. standing, alive); as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); according to
to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered
curve; turn; curveball; curve ball; (wine) cellar
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; impulse