to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
half the number; half (of an amount); haploid (organism, cell, etc.); haplont
stuffed toy; stuffed animal; plush toy; soft toy; cuddly toy
distortion (often used for caricature in manga, etc.); deformation
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to be able to manage somehow or other
split; division; break up
proximity; nearness; being nearby; approaching; drawing near; coming close
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
to increase; to add to; to augment
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
ball; ball (pitch delivered outside the strike zone); board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
still; even now; to this day
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
exactly; nicely; to a tee; to be fitting
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
substance; true form; main part; main unit; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.); noumenon
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
physical law; laws of physics
moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
swing and a miss; (punching and) failing to make contact; (ending in) failure; fruitless effort
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon); trace
to stab (into); to thrust (violently); to plant (in the ground, snow, etc.); to set; to stick (upright)
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted