practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
first person (to do); person going first; first place; top position; person in the top position
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as
to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
to give one's life; to lay down one's life
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; whether or not
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
chief; main; principal; important
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
utterly (unknown; esp. of someone's whereabouts); completely; (no information) whatsoever; at all
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)
memento (esp. of a deceased person); keepsake; heirloom; remembrance; souvenir
nice; likeable; desirable
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
personal; individual; private
telling others; revealing to others; letting out a secret
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post