obstruction; prevention; hindrance; check; blocking; stopping
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to attack; to assault; to challenge; to take on; to be bold; to be audacious
exactly the opposite (of); completely opposite; quite contrary
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
research; study; investigation
facility; facilities; institution; home (for the elderly, orphans, etc.)
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
victim (esp. someone killed); casualty
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
to fight against; to oppose; to face
at that time; in those days
expressly; especially; specially; intentionally; deliberately; on purpose
to head out (for); to head (to); to go (to); to leave (for)
simultaneously striking one another (in kendo, etc.); draw; tie
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
hurriedly; in a hurry; hastily; sudden; abrupt
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
to become frightened; to get scared; to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to get cold feet
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
difficult problem; challenge
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly
as before; as ever; as it was originally
matter of time; question of time
to bring (news, knowledge, etc.); to introduce; to bring about; to cause; to produce (e.g. results)
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
time; season; period; phase; stage
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
revival (of an old system, custom, fashion, etc.); restoration; return; resurrection; rebirth
date (of a planned event, act, etc.); day; (number of) days
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum