sideslip; skid; shifting to another post (at the same level); sideways move (at a company); sliding sideways down a slope (skiing)
fall; crash (e.g. aircraft)
purple lightning; flash; swordflash
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; amusement; hobby
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to begin shooting; to shoot out
pursuit (of a fleeing enemy); chase
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
meandering; snaking; zigzagging
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
snakeheads; Chinese criminal gangs, esp. for smuggling Chinese immigrants
he that fights and runs away may live to fight another day; (lit.) fleeing is winning
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
flight; desertion; escape
programme; program; plans; arrangements
trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
fat; chubby; fatso; fatty; fat person
not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work
and various other things; and many others; and all the rest; and so on and so forth
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
to be satisfied; to find peace of mind; to feel good
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
to fall into someone's hands; to place oneself in someone's power
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile
calvaria; area at top of head; parietal
looking directly at; looking straight at; looking squarely at (e.g. a problem); facing (e.g. the truth); normal vision; emmetropia
brilliant; bright; dazzling
scoundrel; rascal; villain
conquest; subjugation; overcoming; chastisement; punishment; punitive expedition
to be erected; to be built
to crumble away; to collapse
fresh troops; fresh players; newcomer; new employee; new method; new way
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
sputtering; smoldering; repeated thrusting into something (sword, needle, etc.); pricking repeatedly; mutterings of discontent; faint sounds of complaint