standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
to come to nothing; to be spoiled; to be spoilt
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)
correction; revision; compensation (e.g. to a pendulum)
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
what if (as in "what if" stories)
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
folding into four; quarto
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
(divine) punishment; curse; retribution
electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
to turn aside adroitly; to dodge
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for
front; frontage; facade; main
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out