crawling on all fours; being on all fours; being on one's hands and knees
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
crocodile; alligator; (arch.) shark
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
bleeding; haemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; casualties; losses
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
skewering; skewered food; piercing (and killing; with a spear, etc.); impaling; running through
(sink) deeply (into mud, snow, etc.); (thrust) deeply (into a soft object); (involved) too deeply (in a matter, relationship, etc.); drenched; soaked; (arch.) extremely (drunk)
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
long and narrow; lanky; gangling; spindly
back-to-back; facing in opposite directions; two sides of the same coin; inextricably linked (esp. with something dangerous or undesirable); on bad terms; at odds
being outnumbered (e.g. in a military context)
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
to get damaged; to get chipped; to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt (reputation)
to twist someone's arm and throw them to the ground; to hold (someone) down by twisting their arm; to wrestle (someone) to the floor; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender
being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); responding to kindness with resentment; thinking ill of someone who meant to be kind; unjustified resentment; unreasonable grudge
to thrust away; to send flying
pit of one's stomach; bottom of one's heart; one's true feelings; one's innermost thoughts
smirkingly; smugly; broadly
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
to draw (a bow) to the limit; to pull tight; to squeeze tight; to strain (voice)
to stretch; to reach to; to stand on tiptoe
endlessly; ceaselessly; nonstop; incessantly
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
a long time ago; long ago
stabbing through; plunging into; sticking right into; sinking into (mud, water, etc.)
(lower) abdomen; hypogastrium; genitals; private parts
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
returned goods; returning purchased goods
frame-by-frame playback; frame advance; frame-by-frame advance; film drive (camera)
being scattered and ultimately lost; dissipation
to change (to); to switch (to); to be replaced (by)
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times