to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
tsk; tut; shoot; chirp; tweet
to squeeze out; to wring out
tingling (with pain or numbness); throbbing; stinging; buzzing; chirring; chirping (of insects)
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
happy; cheerful; pleasant
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
to infer; to figure out; to get an idea of; to tell; to imagine; to guess
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
left; left-hand side; left hand; the left (wing); leftist; fondness for alcohol
to speak; to hear a voice
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to slash back; to strike back; to counterattack; to retort; to quickly turn the steering wheel in the opposite direction; to cut the wheel
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)
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to whirl (in the wind); to flutter (about); to swirl
to stick (into); to pierce; to enter at full speed; to hit (e.g. the catcher's mitt) at speed
even if; even though; although one might say; although called
meddling (in); butting in; interference; poking one's nose into
among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once
in spite of; despite; although; regardless of; irrespective of
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
to blow through; to blow across
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
(camera) shutter; shutter (for a door, window, etc.)
cut in the skin caused by a vacuum formed by a whirlwind; mythical weasel-like creatures riding on whirlwinds and inflicting sharp, painless wounds
upper level; upper grade; high rank; advanced level; senior level; upper class
to catch off guard; to catch unprepared
concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention; concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.); centralization; within a collection of works
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
murder; homicide; manslaughter
evasion; avoidance; recusal (of a judge)
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
to mow down; to cut down; to slash (horizontally); to make a clean sweep; to sweep away; to brush away
each (every) time; whenever