decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon
to narrow in (on); to home in; to focus; to target
connection; linking; linkage; link
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
to encamp; to take up positions
torrential rain; heavy rain; cloudburst; downpour
to rain incessantly; to downpour
inevitable; inescapable; unavoidable
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
behind; in the rear; in back
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
resuscitation; regeneration; reformation; rehabilitation; playback; regeneration (sound, etc.)
poison fang; sinister ways; crooked means; clutches
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to be too numerous; to be too much
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
to plan one's next moves; to work out a plan
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
to keep away; to keep at a distance
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
beyond one's means or position
being reluctant to give out (pay, provide, etc.); giving out grudgingly