quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to jar; to creak; to grate
serious wound; serious injury
blunder; bungle; gaffe; bungling; stupid; tactless
to trample; to crush underfoot
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
to treat shabbily; to be careless about; to handle roughly; to waste; to use wastefully; to spend recklessly
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
to exert (influence); to exercise; to cause (e.g. damage); to do (e.g. harm); to bring about (e.g. benefits); to extend
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
to stand (something) up; to put upright; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to let out; to raise (a cloud of dust, smoke, etc.)
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to act; to stop by (somewhere; esp. of a criminal on the run); to drop by
suitable time; good time; propriety; moderation
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
first; preliminary; primary (sources, industry, etc.); original; linear (function, equation); first-order
Everyone is safe (all right)
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
just to make sure; just to be sure; for confirmation; just in case; for caution's sake; by way of precaution
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
rescue operation; aid operation; rescue work
spirit; sprite; energy; vigor (vigour); fine details; semen
the deceased; deaths; persons killed
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
to assume an aspect; to take on an appearance
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
(all) through (e.g. the night); throughout (e.g. the year); within (e.g. the week); in the course of (e.g. today); all over; throughout (e.g. the world)
to do someone in; to bump someone off
shooting down (an aircraft)
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally