right in the center (centre)
first-aid; emergency (aid)
initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon
shelter; cover; screen; shield; obstruction; defilade
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
foreign; abroad; overseas
indiscriminate shooting; random shooting; firing blindly
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness