to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
to keep a watchful eye on
else; in addition; besides
decrepitude; (being) rickety; (state of) falling apart; looseness (in machinery); play
intrusion; bursting into; barging into; breaking into; forcing one's way into
showy; loud; flashy; gaudy
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
to transfer (to a different place, group, etc.); to change; to move to the next stage (of a plan, etc.); to divert (one's attention) to; to focus on (something different); to spend (time); to let (time) pass
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
inflated price (assigned in anticipation of being haggled down); overcharging; exaggeration
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
rubbing (someone) the wrong way; irritating (someone)
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to become fine (of fabric); to be checkmated; to be hard pressed; to be at a loss
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
collision; crash; impact; clash; skirmish; conflict
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to; all of a sudden
on the occasion of; at the time of
all-out attack; general offensive
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
to straighten up; to sit upright
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
scratch; graze; scrape; minor damage
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
quickly; swiftly; expeditiously; long ago; already
heart; guts; nerve; heart (of something); central part
to pound (e.g. heart); to pulse (e.g. vein); to pulsate
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain; to grasp (a point)
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks (drink)