silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
long ago; a long time ago; already
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
to threaten; to menace; to intimidate; to startle; to frighten; to scare
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
flute; fife; pipe; whistle
removal (e.g. of a building); dismantling (e.g. a tent); striking (e.g. a stage set); withdrawal (of troops); evacuation; retreating
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
rustling; flapping; unkempt (hair, etc.); loose; dry; decisively
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
personality; style; appearance
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration