current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
view; prospect; outlook; viewing platform; overlook
to rank next to; to come after
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)
as if nothing had happened
in good health; alive and well; going strong
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
cut wound; incised wound; knife wound
proximity; nearness; being nearby; approaching; drawing near; coming close
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
expansion and contraction; elasticity; flexibility
eight (long cylindrical things)
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
to brave a danger; to take a risk
to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
streaming (of tears); pouring; pouring (of rain or sweat)
even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless
suddenly; all of a sudden
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
supremacy; predominance; being superior to
close contest; close match; close game; close combat
sanity; consciousness; soberness
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)