securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
special selection; finest pick; top pick
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
nape (of the neck); nucha
bits and pieces; frizzily (as in perm)
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
shudder; shiver; trembling with fear
thunderous; rumbling; thunderously; rumblingly
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull
pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
aviation; flight; flying; to fly; to take a flight
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
glaring (eyes); piercing; penetrating
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
mane (of a horse, lion, etc.)
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
six (long cylindrical things)
pale (of complexion); green around the gills; looking unwell
to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop
ghost; revenant; spirit (of the dead); departed soul