earth; ground; the solid earth; the (vast) land
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
not insignificant; not to be sneezed at
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze
exactly the opposite (of); completely opposite; quite contrary
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
half the number; half (of an amount); haploid (organism, cell, etc.); haplont
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
(staring) piercingly; (looking) hard
irritating; aggravating; upsetting; maddening; infuriating; exasperating
scene; sight; scenario; setting
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
silly mistake; careless mistake
(divine) revelation; divine oracle
flair; flash; insight; flash (of inspiration, wit, etc.); waving (e.g. of a flag in the wind)
to run through (a crowd, gate, etc.); to sweep through (e.g. of news through a city); to run past (someone) from behind; to overtake
to throw off (clothes); to cast off; to fling off; to cast off (old ideas, habits, etc.); to discard
a few hours; several hours; a couple of hours
accidental death; casualty
murder; killing; murderer
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. of a joke)
to worry (about); to fuss (over); to be careful (about); to pay attention (to); to take (good) care of
dozens; scores of; decades
sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
by sheer strength; by brute force
physical condition; state of health; shape
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)
invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
to get change back; to be more than enough
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly