taking on one's share (e.g. of work); dividing (work, expenses, etc.) between; apportionment; allotment; allocation; assignment
component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
striking on the side; side blow; slanting (rain, snow, etc.); driving
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
poor excuse (of a); nearly non-existent; barely sufficient; token (effort, etc.); symbolic
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
effect; efficacy; validity; potency
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
stupor; stupefaction; trance; (being) dumbfounded
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
suddenly; all of a sudden
to set off an explosive; to start a fire under someone; to motivate someone with rough words
snake; serpent; large snake
remote control; remote operation
following; pursuing; tracking; shadowing; tailing; chasing
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
end of life; death; annihilation
one more time; once more; once again
to parry; to sidestep; to dodge
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
smallish; on the small side
lizard; skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
quick change; quick transformation; metamorphosis; turning suddenly into
without; but if; otherwise; or else
small mercy (from some misfortune); silver lining of a dark cloud; consolation in sadness; blessing in disguise
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit
to trample flat; to beat a path
weight; heavyweight boxer
ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric
poor; low-grade; load; pack; packhorse
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)