metre; meter; meter; gauge
to detain; to check; to restrain
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
stick; club; cudgel; bludgeon
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
all present; all concerned; all of us
one clap; one beat; one mora (taken as a unit of time)
to pause; to have a short intermission
to fall off; to tumble down
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
disassembly; dismantling; factorization; decomposition; resolution; deblocking
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
to be blurred (due to motion; of a photo, video, etc.); to be shaken (of a camera); to waver (in one's beliefs, policy, etc.); to shift (position); to be slightly off
shudder; shiver; trembling with fear
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
crushing to death; crushing (hope, freedom, etc.); suppression; quashing
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
striking on the side; side blow; slanting (rain, snow, etc.); driving
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
to kick; to treat (a person) poorly; to walk all over (someone)
dance of death; danse macabre
to be spattered by blood from one's victim; to suffer a reaction; to receive a backlash
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
unsuited; inappropriate; improper; undeserved
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute