to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to lob (e.g. grenades)
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
to shed light; to cast light
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
calamity; disaster; accident
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
shape of a globe; globe shape; spherical
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
chance (of success); odds
maintenance; preservation; improvement
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
impossible; unlikely; improbable
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
summoning circle; magic circle (esp. in fictional settings); magic square
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
to resort to violence; to use force; to be able to get; to be able to afford; to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball)
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
attraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation); affinity; gravitational pull; attractiveness; magnetism
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
to put one's strength into