to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to leap out (e.g. onto the stage); to spring out; to jump (e.g. into first place); to shoot (e.g. to the top); to come to the forefront
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
thunderous roar; roaring sound
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
to visit and comfort or console; to go to see (e.g. someone in hospital); to ask after (e.g. someone's health); to attack; to hit; to strike
eardrum; tympanic membrane
to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)
scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting
to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
to push aside; to brush aside
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
to begin to fall (of rain, snow, etc.)
downpour; pouring rain; heavy rain; pelting rain; cloudburst
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
torrential rain; heavy rain; cloudburst; downpour
surely; certainly; no doubt; must
biting louse (any louse of order Mallophaga); small winged insect (esp. a flying ant or termite)
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
(sense of) hearing; auditory perception
to harm; to hurt; to fail to do; to do amiss; to almost do; to come close to doing
to feel giddy; to totter; to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver; to wander aimlessly; to loiter
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
bad condition; poor condition; disorder; failure; rupture; breakdown (e.g. of negotiations)
to need; to require; to take; to demand
(all) through (e.g. the night); throughout (e.g. the year); within (e.g. the week); in the course of (e.g. today); all over; throughout (e.g. the world)
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order
rubble; debris; wreckage; trash; rubbish
to crawl out of; to creep out of
paralysis; palsy; numbness; loss of sensation; standstill; state of paralysis
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
to fly around; to scatter
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red