to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
dangerous weapon; lethal weapon; deadly weapon; murder weapon
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
hardening; vulcanization; hardening (of attitude, stance, etc.); stiffening; upturn (in the market); firming up
innumerable; countless; numberless
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
in succession; one by one
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
blood spilt from the body; blood circulating within the body (often as a metaphor for strong emotion or hot-bloodedness)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
(weather) front; front line; forward area; action zone
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
just a minute; small quantity
special; particular; peculiar; unique
material; substance; matter
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different
sanity; consciousness; soberness
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
how long; how far; how much
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
on closer reflection; on second thought; come to think of it; actually
not one to talk; who are you to say; look who's talking
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
in a sense; in some way; to an extent