touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
to prowl after; to keep watch on
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
reaction; response; physical reaction (to a stimulus); observable response (of an organism); reaction; effect
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
to spend time (on doing something)
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
decision; settlement; confirmation; establishment
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
to dwell (in); to exist (within); to stay (at); to stop (at); to be in the womb (of an unborn child); to be part of a constellation
nonstandard; out of spec; irregular; exceptional; extraordinary; unbelievable
for example; for instance; e.g.
to be remembered; to go down in history
people; men and women; each person; everybody
worldwide; global; international; world-famous; world-class
activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
scale; scope; plan; structure
function; facility; faculty; feature
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
inside one's heart; in one's mind
dragon (as depicted in Western myths)
counter for waves (of a repeated occurrence)
to shoot (a gun, person, etc.); to fire
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action
pose; pose; posturing; pause; rest
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
just because; even if; even though