in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
wherein; therein; thereinto; among which
to drag; to trail; to force (someone) along; to drag (along); to prolong; to drag out
(doing) together; one lump; one mixture; the same; identical; (at) the same time
killing two birds with one stone
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
to peel (roughly); to tear off; to rip off
to drain; to flow (unobstructed); to sell well; to be in good demand; to exit the stage; to remove (a prop) from the stage
full view; total picture; whole story; full particulars; all the details
to go pale; to grow pale; to lose color; to turn white
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
to kill; to beat to death
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
at once; immediately; right now
staged event; faked situation; prearranged performance
thinking nothing of ...; undaunted by ...; in defiance of ...; in spite of ...; in the face of ...; ignoring ...
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
to feign composure; to act like one has (time, money, strength, etc.) to spare
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
novice; greenhorn; squirt; worthless person
to destroy; to break (by striking); to smash; to ruin (a plan, atmosphere, etc.); to spoil; to wreck
whip; lash; stick; cane; encouragement; rebuke
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
to pull out; to draw out; to pick out; to take (a sample); to steal (the contents of something); to pilfer
to insert; to put in; to thrust in; to plug in
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
to collapse; to flop (onto)
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
simplistic (thinking, idea, etc.); hasty
oh, OK; oh, I see; oh, yeah?; hmm
if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable