deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
to do for (the sake of someone else)
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
offender; criminal; culprit
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
contradiction; inconsistency
explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
to trample; to crush underfoot
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
to escape; to make one's getaway; to manage to get away
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
getting (something); obtaining; scoring (goal, point, etc.)
degree of difficulty; difficulty level
within expectations; as expected; within the scope of hypothesis or assumption
free (of restraint, controls, etc.); free (of cost); freelance; one-size
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
resolute; determined; bold
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
limits; boundary; domain; area (e.g. in programming languages)
grasp; catch; understanding
choosing; selecting; deciding (on)
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
reality; actuality; hard fact
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
chief; main; principal; major
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
barrier; checkpoint; gateway; hurdle; obstacle; trial
growing en masse in one location (of plants); living gregariously (of animals); living in flocks, herds, colonies, etc.; all animate creation
dozens; scores of; decades