advance; moving forward; progress
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
preemptive strike; preemptive attack; first strike
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
far out wide; far outside
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
to run off; to break into a run; to start running
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
hit (of a bullet, shell, etc.); impact
firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship
wickedness; evil; iniquity; wrongness
world; society; people; the public
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to
lever; agent (causing something to happen); instrument; assistant; helper
just because; even if; even though
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
Now let's return to the main subject; To return from the digression,.. (in a conversation, speech, or story-telling)
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
scattering (e.g. dust in the wind, enemies before an assault); dispersal; flying off (in all directions); flying apart
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
eye measurement; measure with eye
counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
to stop walking; to pause
to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)
to escape from; to get out
to rebuild; to reconstruct
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
disturbance; perturbation; derangement
detour; circumvention; turning movement
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)