root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
sign; indication; omen; symptom
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
luckily; blessedly; fortunately
head start; initiative; preemption
on the occasion of; at the time of
to use up all one's strength
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
to shake; to waver; to tremble
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
to do someone in; to bump someone off
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
majority decision; majority vote; majority rule
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
best; extra-fine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy)
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
sound of a gun; roar of cannon
atmosphere; air; magnanimity; generosity
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
watch store; watch shop; watchmaker
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
time travel; leaping through time
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
feeling keenly; fully realizing
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
survival; remaining; being extant; being left
to be lacking in options; to be too few