counterclockwise; anti-clockwise
dividing into four; quartering
one revolution; one rotation
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
to hit (e.g. with a car); to knock down; to reject; to eliminate; to refuse (e.g. a request); to deny; to flip
to shift (something) from one hand to the other; to carry in a different way; to change one's grip (on); to exchange (what one is holding for something else)
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
sweeping sideways; mowing down
nick in a blade (sword, knife); chip in a blade
proximity; nearness; being nearby; approaching; drawing near; coming close
war; battle; match; game; competition
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
extermination (of pests); eradication; stamping out (e.g. a social evil)
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
trivial; not amounting to much; not a big deal
sharpshooting; shooting; sniping; setting a goal and carrying it out
to attack; to go for; to come at; to pounce on; to jump on; to swoop down on
support; help; backing; covering (from enemy attack); protection
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
clay; clay pigeon shooting; clay target
with a crunching or grinding sound; quickly; promptly; crispily; crunchily
to accept; to receive; to agree
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
tiring easily; easy to tire
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
manual labor; manual labour; handwork; manual procedure
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
then; and (then); in that case; if so
before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later
crack; fissure; rift (in a relationship); split; crack
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
to repaint; to paint again; to paint (a different colour); to change completely; to break (a record); to redraw (e.g. the map)
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
training; drill; practice; practising; discipline
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way