to detain; to keep; to lock up; to retain; to leave (a letter) till called for
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
calamity; disaster; misfortune
consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
to twist someone's arm and throw them to the ground; to hold (someone) down by twisting their arm; to wrestle (someone) to the floor; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
to understand from experience
appearance; emergence; advent; arrival; showing up; coming to existence
just one person; only one
an army; the whole army; the entire force; first team; first-string players; the cool kids
to lead (someone) by the nose; to twist (someone) around one's little finger
to take (someone) along; to bring along; to be accompanied by
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)
difference; variation; difference
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
summons; subpoena; citation; summoning (a spirit, demon, etc.); evocation; invocation
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
carnivorousness; carnivorous
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
how long; how far; how much
complete; whole; perfect; safe
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
to go flying along; to move fast (against the wind)
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
to turn aside adroitly; to dodge
following; pursuing; tracking; shadowing; tailing; chasing
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
influence; effect; impact
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
with a start; with a jump
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
triumphant pose (assumed by an athlete, etc.)
way; method; means; resource; course
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)