nimble; agile; quick; quick (thinking); smart; alert
grazing; touching lightly; squeezing (someone for money); percentage; kickback
whether one likes it or not; whether willing or not; willy-nilly
to cut down (grass, etc.; by swinging a sickle, scythe, etc.); to mow
pause; interval; distance; range; suitable time; appropriate opportunity
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
doubt; suspicion; fear; apprehension
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence
assumption; supposition; hypothesis; supposition
distance; difference; gap; disparity; gulf; chasm
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to be afraid (of); to be frightened; to be scared; to tremble in fear; to shrink in fear
a second time; again; once more; twice
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
newcomer; new figure; new member; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards); Homo sapiens
in name only; titular; nominal
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
to get tired of; to tire of; to lose interest in; to become sated; to become satiated; to have one's fill
way; style; ceremony; rite; wedding (ceremony); equation
succession; continuation; series; sequence
to take (something) along; to bring with one; to carry (something) away; to bear
to twist; to wrench; to twist (a body part); to bend; to strangle (to death); to wring (an animal's neck); to defeat easily
underhand grip (e.g. in gymnastics, etc.); cross-handed grip (e.g. in golf, etc.); using one's hands backwards from their conventional positioning; reverse grip (e.g. of a sword); turning the tables (on an opponent); reverse arm-lock (in judo); joint lock
one revolution; one rotation
ferrule (of a cane, umbrella, etc.); butt end (of a lance, pike, etc.); hard tip (of a mushroom stem)
standing firm; holding out
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
forcibly; by force; against one's will
offensive (movement); aggression
defensive body movement (judo, kendo, etc.)
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
to make an incessant onslaught; to attack incessantly
to see all (of); to see everything; to see clearly; to perceive clearly; to give up (on); to abandon
to finish reading; to read through; to figure out; to fully anticipate
break in time; interruption; pause
to weave together; to interweave; to intermingle
rough (behaviour, temperament, etc.); wild; rude; violent
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard