left-handedness; left-handed person; left-hander; fondness for alcohol; person who is fond of alcohol; drinker
large number (of); many; majority
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
hardening; vulcanization; hardening (of attitude, stance, etc.); stiffening; upturn (in the market); firming up
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
to pull the trigger; to squeeze the trigger
shooting; firing; emitting; ejection; projection; injection
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
to lean against; to set against
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
way to shoot; how to shoot
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
to stoop; to bend (e.g. one's knees)
firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to grip; to grasp; to squeeze
to maintain; to continue to have
to burst open; to pop; to split
ejection (of spent shell casings)
(ammunition) cartridge; shell case
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
silencing (e.g. machine); muffling; muting (e.g. TV)
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
several shots; several blows
to get twisted; to get crooked; to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.); to become warped; to become troubled; to become complicated