worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
lightly; easily; carelessly
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
to shoot (a gun, person, etc.); to fire
body; group; party; gang; troupe; troop
visual confirmation; sighting
to approach; to draw near
one class (of students); one group (of people); one set (of items); one pair
set of three; three sets; three classes
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
two classes; double; two sets
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
remainder; remnant; the rest; what is left; balance; leftovers
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
skill; expertise; experience; proficiency; mastery; dexterity
economical; efficient; lean; compact
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 hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
going straight on; going straight ahead
to jump up; to leap up; to spring up
fast; quick; easy; simple; as soon as ...; the moment ...
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
enclosing wall; boundary fence; obstacle; barrier
unevenness (e.g. in quality); inconstancy; variation; dispersion; scatter; spread
because of; owing to; due to
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
sword; blade; single stroke
to cut down; to chop down; to fell
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
as stated; verbatim; literally
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
it is assuredly (that) ...; can say with confidence that it is ...
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling