for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
wheat gluten (usu. steamed or baked)
vital part (of the body); tender spot; key point; essential point; male crotch (as a target in fighting); vital point
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing
to fly; to race away; to vanish; to disappear; to rush over; to hurry over
to blow off (strongly); to blow away; to drive away (e.g. one's worries); to dispel; to do at great speed (e.g. drive a car); to carry out (a task) very quickly
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
why; how; for what reason
to tear off; to strip off; to rip off; to rob (someone) of (clothes); to divest (someone) of (powers, rank, etc.)
to do physical exercise; to be physically active; (lit.) to move one's body
broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
clumsy; awkward; unskillful; incompetent; inept; bungling
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at
hilt (of a sword); haft (of a dagger); handle; handgrip
underhand grip (e.g. in gymnastics, etc.); cross-handed grip (e.g. in golf, etc.); using one's hands backwards from their conventional positioning; reverse grip (e.g. of a sword); turning the tables (on an opponent); reverse arm-lock (in judo); joint lock
to shift (something) from one hand to the other; to carry in a different way; to change one's grip (on); to exchange (what one is holding for something else)
certainly; for sure; distinctly; clearly; firmly; tightly
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies
to put one's strength into
to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)
to feel giddy; to totter; to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver; to wander aimlessly; to loiter
abdomen; abdominal region; belly; middle part
heavy blow; thump; wallop; belt; whack
labored breathing; laboured breathing; dyspnea; dyspnoea
to roll about; to writhe about
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) very; (not) much
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing