nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
summoning circle (esp. in fantasy fiction); magic circle
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
queer fellow; odd fellow; eccentric person; crank; oddball; freak
eccentric; crank; weirdo; oddball
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
regret; repentance; remorse
to read the situation; to sense the mood; to read the room
first person; self-reference term; term used to refer to oneself in the first person
prejudice; bias; distorted view
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
(street) corner; turn (in the road); bend; turning point; watershed
turning a movie, comic, etc. into a (computer) game; gamification
to vomit; to spit out; to breathe out (e.g. air); to exhale; to spend (e.g. saved money); to cough up
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker
sacrificial pawn; sacrificed piece; sacrifice
to intend; to be sure that
devious; cunning; sly; crafty
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
retreat; withdrawal; retirement
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
pillar of fire; blazing column
to stand (something) up; to put upright; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to let out; to raise (a cloud of dust, smoke, etc.)
to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
charred; burnt black; scorched black
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
you (plural); all of you; you all
to hold back (someone) from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
quite capable of ...; not unlikely to ...; may well ...; might ...; could ...; would not hesitate to ...
first of all; at once; for now; for the time being; anyway; at least
armed forces; military; troops
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead