to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
model; pattern; paragon; exemplar
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
nothing but; none other than
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
tone (of voice); manner of talking
with a scraping sound; with a grating sound; with force; hard; forcibly (carry out); forcefully; hard (e.g. food)
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
unfairness; injustice; partiality
to pass from one's lips; to escape one's lips
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
if you think about it; come to think of it
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
to be able to manage somehow or another
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
several times (as large, over)
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening