to soothe; to calm; to pacify
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
to stab each other; to sacrifice oneself in order to harm someone else
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
meanwhile; in the meantime
extempore; impromptu; improvised; ad-lib; off-the-cuff; instant
direct unforked road; straight path
breath; breathing; tone; mood
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
equality; uniformity; evenness
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
same family (race, tribe)
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained
intelligence; intellect; brains
to squash; to crush; to flatten
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
to stimulate; to stir up; to arouse
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
to be in a fit (of anger); to rage
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
on countless occasions; many a time
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
cannibalism (in animals); feeding on each other; mutually harmful competition; internecine struggle; dog-eat-dog competition
behind; in the rear; in back
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
being bunched up together; being crowded together
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
leading group (of runners in a marathon, etc.); leading pack
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
subterranean rumbling; earth tremor