to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue
school route; street used by students going to and from school (esp. on foot)
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
recommendation; referral; endorsement
conscription; (military) draft; (compulsory) enlistment
candidacy; standing as a candidate; bidding (to host an event, e.g. the Olympics)
aspiration; volunteering; desire; application
fair attack; fair tactics; straightforward approach; standard procedure; established method
to shake; to waver; to tremble
fungal filament; hypha; hyphae
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
open seam; seam that has come apart; tear
iron pipe; steel pipe; metal pipe
cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous
to not believe one's ears
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgement
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
to triumph; to be elated with success
desperation; struggle to the death
to burst into flames; to fire (of a gun); to fan a fire with one's breath; to breathe fire; to spit fire
fall; falling down; inversion; reversal; getting upset; losing one's presence of mind
leg; leg portion; foot (of a page)
mishmash; miscellany; medley; jumble; mixture; odds and ends
disorder; chaos; confusion
wholeheartedly; with heart and soul; intently; with undivided attention; with intense concentration; single-mindedly
wooden doll; wooden figure; puppet; blockhead; good-for-nothing
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
(artillery) barrage; bullet hell; curtain fire; barrage of scrolling comments (overlaid on an online video)
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
to remain in memory (of sounds and words); to linger in one's ears
haunted house; spook house; haunted house (attraction); haunted attraction
tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); fringe; bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); cluster (of flowers); segment (of a tangerine, etc.); section
ignition; detonation; triggering; explosion
not becoming a problem; out of the question; not worth considering; insignificant; negligible
papier-mâché; something that looks good superficially; sham
featureless (face); expressionless; flat; flat (terrain); smooth
side of a geometric shape (e.g. triangle or rectangle)
equilateral triangle; regular triangle
microminiature; ultraminiature; ultra-small