suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
river; stream; River; the ... river
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
to pour water on; to irrigate
way; method; means; (technical) specification
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
(treating) equally; without discrimination; impartially; alike; in the same way
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
concentrated fire; intense criticism
to rush over; to run up to
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
being outnumbered (e.g. in a military context)
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
back side; back end; posterior; rear
defeating in an instant; instant kill
measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion
witnessing; observing; sighting
don't worry about it; there is nothing to fear; there is no need for anxiety; everything is under control
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
to raise one's voice; to shout
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
(committing, resorting to) an act of violence
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)
not funny; not a laughing matter; not a joke
emphatic sentence-ending particle
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
atrium; well (in building); blow-by; blow-bye; drafty; draughty
double; twice (as much); twofold
having said that; on the other hand
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
to make an appearance; to show up