to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
striking (at something) and missing; swing and a miss; vain attempt
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
along the river; riverside
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility
lightly and smoothly (of movements); swiftly; glidingly; (progressing) smoothly; (solving) easily
lifeline; safety rope; safety tether
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
to get help; to enlist aid
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
in swarms; in great crowds
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
to get between; to be caught in
something white; snow; gray hair; grey hair
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
increase in basic salary; bear; bare
to engage (with); to be in gear (with); to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
scene; sight; scenario; setting
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
hair on the back of one's head