fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
to crawl towards; to creep up to
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
carriage; poise; bearing; demeanor; movement (of the body)
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
to dance; to perform dance steps
to alert; to get one's attention; to draw one's attention
leaving unfinished; unfinished ending
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
strange; weird; odd; strange thing; strange person
to leap out (e.g. onto the stage); to spring out; to jump (e.g. into first place); to shoot (e.g. to the top); to come to the forefront
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
house centipede (Scutigeromorpha spp.); contemptible person; skunk; wretch
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
restless; fidgety; lively; busy
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
though one didn't intend (expect) to
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
physiological; physical; visceral; instinctive; in one's guts
the reverse; other side; lining
bumpy (e.g. of a rash); knobbly; pimply; easily cut
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
number of people; population; human head
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count