to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
(right at the) side; just beside
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
sweeping sideways; mowing down
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
to take advantage of one's carelessness; to perform a surprise attack
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
battle formation; military formation
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
in succession; one by one