to resort to violence; to use force; to be able to get; to be able to afford; to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball)
not exceeding ...; not more than ...; below (a standard, level, etc.); under; the following; the below-mentioned
abbreviation; omission; outline; gist; plan; strategy
meek; gentle; modest; praiseworthy; admirable
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
going around; patrol; round; tour
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
not caring; not giving a damn
suddenly; in a flash; quickly; conspicuously; prominently; showily
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
firing one shot at a time; single-shot gun; having only one engine; single-engined aeroplane; one-shot (e.g. story); non-serial
rapid firing; continuous firing; firing in quick succession
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
direct descent; direct line
alarm bell; fire bell; warning; wake-up call
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
truce (during a children's game); time out; King's X
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
striking; remarkable; considerable
spirits; excitement; tension; tension (mental strain); anxiety
to chip (off); to shave off; to sharpen; to dampen (one's enthusiasm, interest, etc.); to reduce
continuation; continuance; going on; resuming
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to sense; to perceive; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
to think up; to think out; to knit (a pattern into a sweater, etc.); to start knitting