pleading; entreaty; supplication; petition
to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)
going backward; turning back; backtracking; regression; retrogression; relapse
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
rage; fury; exasperation; indignation
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
convulsion; cramp; spasm; tic; twitch; fit
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements; e.g. trembling, quick steps); gradual; bit by bit
calm; composed; self-possessed; firm
this is my chance; this is the (opportune) moment; here's an opportunity (that can't be passed up)
(metaphor for) something unusually fast; (lit.) fleeing hare
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
to hit hard; to strike hard
opposite side; opposition
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
movement (of one's body); moving about; stirring; acting freely; doing as one pleases
to draw (someone) close to one's breast; to pull close to one; to take into one's arms; to embrace
stature; body height; one's means; one's status; one's ability
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
excavation; exhumation; digging up; discovery (of a new fact, talent, etc.); finding; unearthing
restoration (to the original state or location); reconstruction; restitution
product; produce; result; fruit
type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention
to run into (room, building, etc.); to go for long training runs
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)