nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful
to move back; to draw back; to lessen; to subside; to resign; to retire
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
if you think about it; come to think of it
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
reinforcement; strengthening
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
wood chips; wood offcuts; wood shavings; sawdust
thunderous roar; roaring sound
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
soggy; soaked; crushed (out of shape); crumpled; messy; untidy
to be crushed; to be squashed (flat); to be discouraged
accident resulting in personal injury or death (esp. traffic, rail, etc.)
to unfold; to unroll; to open
to scatter; to blow about; (arch.) to spread a rumor; (arch.) to talk around
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
classical form of martial art
(nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive; proper place to die; dilemma; predicament
inner citadel; core; center; centre
thigh; buttocks; arse; ass
joint; seam; joining point
(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies
dealing fully (with); going into (issue, etc.); stepping into; alcove
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
according to plan; as planned; on target
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
to fly through the air; to hurtle through the air; to strike at something and miss; to fan the air