no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as ...
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
scabbard; sheath; cap (on a brush, pen, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
sal (tree) (Shorea robusta); saul; Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia)
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
one leap (i.e. skipping intermediate stages); one jump; one step; jumping (with both feet together)
crossing (a road, river, etc.); cutting through (e.g. of a river through a town); crossing (east-west); traversing; cutting horizontally; sectioning laterally
(place) near by; (place) close by; (place) right next to; as soon as; right after
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below; to wedge; to play a wedge
to become an expert; to be a master (of)
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
pleasant (of a sensation); comfortable; cheerful; happy; smooth (of function); working well
hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
to form a group; to form a bunch
hair (on the head); (a) hair
flustered; confused; panicked
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
because; for; the reason why is ...
bond (between people); (emotional) ties; bonds; tether; fetters
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
brazen-faced (about one's misdeed); audacious (despite being in the wrong); shameless; impudent
territory; domain; field; area; domain; region
pupil (of the eye); one's eyes
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
rival; competitor; competition
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
after a long time; for the first time in a while
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness
violent explosion; bursting
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
sobbing; weeping; whimpering
and yet; though; when; in spite of
(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact
almost every day; almost daily
surfeit; glut; being fed up; food poisoning