whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
stepping back; drawing back
clever; shrewd; canny; smart; quick; prompt
belt (waist, seat, etc.); strap; belt; zone; drive belt; machine belt
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
to watch for an unguarded moment
self and others; this and that; both sides; oneself and one's opponent; he and I
usually; ordinarily; always; continuous; 24-hour (operation, care, etc.); constant
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
large truck; semi-trailer
intimidating air; sense of intimidation
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
throw; throwing; throwing event
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
flight; desertion; escape
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
to be unable to stand; to be weak in the knees; to be paralyzed (e.g. with fear) (paralysed); to be dumbfounded
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
massing (of troops); gathering
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
with a whoosh; with a swish; with a whirl; whizzing by
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
acceleration; speeding up