home area; home town; local
in the midst of the enemy
normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)
foster parent; adoptive parent; person who raised one; founding figure; key developer
on bad terms; at loggerheads
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
line of defence (defense); lines (as in enemy lines, etc.)
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
wide (esp. of clothing); broad
to knock (a person) off his feet; to hit (something) hard; to send (someone) flying
strength in one's arms; physical strength; muscular strength; force; violence
rehabilitation; reinstatement; restoration of rights
one's social position; one's place; one's standing
coexistence; living together; symbiosis; paragenesis
change; transformation; reform; revolution; revolutionizing; innovation
to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity
to seize (someone) by the collar; to grab (someone) by the scruff of the neck; to collar (someone)
formless; immaterial; intangible; incorporeal; abstract; moral
sky; air; ether; firmament; the heavens
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
to be overawed; to be overwhelmed; to be overcome; to be intimidated; to be daunted
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
formation (e.g. of aircraft)
to draw a bow; to oppose; to defy; to disobey one's superiors
bright white (esp. for snow and ice); brilliant white
to blaze; to burn brightly
thickness; profundity; depth; thickness; strong and tight group or wall of stones
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
to deceive; to blind the eyes of
to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire); to dry; to toast; to grill; to broil
only; merely; but; no more than
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes
to follow (a road, path, etc.); to trace; to follow (a clue, scent, tracks, plot, etc.); to trace (a route, history, family tree, etc.); to head towards (of a situation); to go in the direction of
giving and receiving; transferring; transfer; changing hands
shadow picture; silhouette; shadowgraph
what the?; what's going on?; what's this?