arm; skill; efforts; ability
robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy
stubborn; dogged; persistent; tough; sturdy; hardy
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
resigning to another's will; going along without resistance; doing as another wants
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
outward appearance; exterior appearance; outward show; looks
name; given name; first name
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
depiction; description; portrayal
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
don't worry about it; it's nothing; don't give it a thought
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
living thing; organism; creature; biology
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
to fall on one's backside
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing