quick-witted and agile; keen and nimble
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
fair attack; fair tactics; straightforward approach; standard procedure; established method
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
height (of a person); stature
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
directly opposite; right in front
to return a punch; to strike back; to hit (the ball) straight back; to plow up; to plough up; to renovate (cotton fabric)
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
all around; as far as the eye can see
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
(physical) form; shape; visage; (facial) features; form (as opposed to substance); manner (of action); (resultant) state
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
cloud of sand (dust, etc.)
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
disastrous flooding; kelpie; water demon that brings floods or disasters
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
extinguishing; dying out (of a fire); putting out
instant; moment; for an instant
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to blaze; to burn brightly
to stare (at); to gaze (at); to look hard (at); to watch intently; to fix one's eyes (on)
feeling in the hands (when striking, poking, etc.); (feeling of) resistance; response (to one's efforts); reaction; (having an) effect (on)
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
to blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
one by one; one after another; successively
shrill voice (esp. of women and children)
each and every one of them; every last one of them; all a bunch of
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
even more; still more; one step; one rung; one paragraph; one passage
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather