to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
texting while walking; looking at one's smartphone while walking
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
byway; side street; cross street; wrong way; digression
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; to be in a fix; to be in a desperate situation; to be in a pinch; to be in a predicament
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
magnificent spectacle; thrilling sight; grand view
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
wickedness; evil; iniquity; wrongness
to jump out; to leap out; to appear (suddenly); to emerge; to protrude; to project
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
to stumble a step or two forward (when trying to stop); to pass one's destination and stumble a step or two forward; to totter
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to burst into flames; to fire (of a gun); to fan a fire with one's breath; to breathe fire; to spit fire
(place) right in the center; dead center; dead centre; exact middle; heart
to hit (someone); to strike; to make (a speech); to give (an address); to gamble
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
to kneel down on one knee; to genuflect
to give (an example); to list; to summon up (e.g. all of one's energy); to gather; to arrest (a criminal); to capture; to nominate (e.g. for a position)
to hug tight; to grasp firmly; to embrace tightly
to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
suddenly (e.g. falling, weakening, etc.); sharply; with a jerk
to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength
to dislocate one's back; to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
manners; behavior; behaviour
sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute
to throw at; to turn; to raise
hey there; I say; see here
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left