to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
to stop; to halt; to have (someone) stay; to put up (a guest); to fasten; to pin
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
armchair theory; impracticable plan; unworkable idea
performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)
contest decided by a single round (bout); contest decided by a single roll of dice; one-shot game (contest); make-or-break game
sweeping (over, across); conquering; overwhelming
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
inevitable; inescapable; unavoidable
collision; crash; impact; clash; skirmish; conflict
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
jumping sideways; flying sideways; running hurriedly (with one's body bent forward)
sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
to mistake (A for B); to misread
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
protuberance; bulge; protrusion; rise; uplift; upheaval
impromptu; improvised; extempore; instant (e.g. ramen)
rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily
fall; crash (of an aircraft)
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
becoming complicated; becoming involved; being intricate; becoming entangled; becoming jumbled; becoming mixed up
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
impermanence; mutable; uncertain; ever-changing
to blow up (i.e. wind); to blow upwards; to spout into the air
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
to fold in; to fold up; to store in one's heart; to bear in mind; to do in rapid succession; to do relentlessly
right above; just above; directly above; directly overhead
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
intrusion; bursting into; barging into; breaking into; forcing one's way into
shooting; firing; emitting; ejection; projection; injection
delay; lag; falling behind; falling behind in; lagging behind in
meteor; shooting star; falling star
to stop (plug) one's ears