strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out
veteran; battle-worn; schooled by adversity in many battles; hard-bitten; rich in experience; very experienced
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
a few seconds; several seconds
tribe; race; group (of people who share a common feature); gang; tribe (taxonomic rank); group (in the periodic table)
chill; the shivers; shivering fit
spine; backbone; spinal column
head; brains; intellect; understanding
to notify; to advise; to inform
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
shock; tremor; impact; vibration
protuberance; bulge; protrusion; rise; uplift; upheaval
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
physical labor; physical labour; manual work; drastic move (e.g. hold or strike in martial arts); power technique; display of power
to avoid misfortune; to escape danger
moment; brief space of time
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
destructive blast; blowing up; explosion
to take (preventive) measures; to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
to break; to break down; to be crazy; to be nuts; to be infatuated (with); to be crazy (about)
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise
camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.); faction (of a party); military camp; encampment; cantonment
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
chaos; turmoil; pandemonium; havoc
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape; to make good one's escape
minority group (party); minority
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
to apologize (apologise); to refuse; to decline; to be unable to bear; to be defeated (by)
natural virtue; personal virtue
outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable
acceleration; speeding up
the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)
to run about; to rush about
the whole universe (of a billion worlds) that Buddha enlightened; the whole wide world
travelling (a long and difficult journey) on foot; walking (all the way) across; travelling through; travelling all over (e.g. a country); visiting all the major locations (of a region, etc.)
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway