strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; reinforcement
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to go crazy; to become romantically or sexually involved (with someone)
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
top of the shoulders; tip of the shoulder; collar
cheating; deception; trickery; manipulation; juggling; falsifying
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
harm; injury; evil (influence)
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.); discipline; solidarity
to the very end; to the bitter end; to the last; to the hilt; thoroughly
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
specimen; sample; (classic) example; type; sample
affixing; pasting; sticking
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
to be in sight (e.g. a resolution); to have a clear idea; to have bright prospects
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
to attack; to assault; to challenge; to take on; to be bold; to be audacious
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
ability; capacity; capability; physical strength
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
top part of the head; crown; parietal region
to be perturbed; to be agitated
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
to scatter away; to fly away; to blow away; to be removed without trace; to vanish
long hair (usu. of a man)
to turn over; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (a flag); to let (a skirt, cape, etc.) flap in the wind
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding (a runner) on base
firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship
thigh; buttocks; arse; ass
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
automatic (e.g. door, gun, etc.)
leaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.); (doing) continuously; constantly; keep ...-ing