no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)
earnestly; immediately; exactly
indirection; indirectness
10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion; sign; omen; indication
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
strong arm; stout arm; ability to carry out a difficult job; capable person
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
defensive body movement (judo, kendo, etc.)
scarecrow; figurehead; dummy
fighting bravely; strenuous efforts
hey!; c'mon!; pushy; overbearing; self-assured
first match (in a series)
something one finds questionable; something one finds fault with
atrocity; (arch.) treason
ruffian; villain; scoundrel
wetting; love affair; lover
foresight; foreknowledge; divination
to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that
to have an underbite; to have a protruding chin; to be concaved; to have a concave shape
sweeping with fire; mowing down; strafing
small; fine; detailed; stingy
paying no heed to; not caring about; taking no notice of
merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
dance of death; danse macabre
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
once and for all; completely; spotlessly
present; current; in operation
equation; formula; method for solving a problem; set way of achieving a particular result
in general; generally; as a whole; all in all; altogether
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
to speak words (of); to speak (to); to say (something); to say some (kind, comforting, etc.) words
to mask oneself; to lie down