incarnation (of Buddha or bodhisattva); avatar; embodiment (as in "embodiment of evil"); incarnation; personification
abolition; discontinuance; discontinuation; repeal; annulment
without cause; without reason
tentative decision; unofficial offer (esp. job offer); informal offer
to be driven into a corner; to be left with nowhere to turn; to be in a dilemma; to be unable to go forward or backward; to be stranded; to get stuck
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
hanging around; wandering around (aimlessly); moving around (restlessly); running around
friend and foe; enemies and allies; both sides
some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part
babysitting; babysitter; nanny; taking care of; looking after; accompanying
general mobilization; full mobilization
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
to narrow; to reduce; to contract
preservation; retainment; keeping
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
clear; plain; distinct; obvious; evident; articulate
cleaning up someone else's mess; making up for someone else's mistake; ass-wiping; arse-wiping
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
to fly away; to flee away; to scatter
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
lightly; wide (open); gapingly; suddenly; unexpectedly
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
to pierce; to go through; to remove (partitions between rooms); to knock (e.g. two rooms) into one; to carry out (to completion)
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
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
to have excess momentum (from going too fast, using too much force, etc.); to get carried away; to go overboard; to overdo (something)
arms; armament; taking up arms; arming oneself
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
image change; changing one's image; makeover
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
successfully; nicely; (yummy) food; yum-yum
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
to be deeply moved; to touch one's heart; to be deeply moving; to go numb
day after day; day by day