to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at); to be intimidated; to feel daunted
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
forevermore; for eternity
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
delightful; satisfying; gratifying; brisk; piquant
contrast; juxtaposition; comparison; correlation (of strata)
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
other self; alter ego; to be split off (of a part of oneself); to clone oneself; incarnations of Buddha
effigy; likeness; portrait; statue
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
spirit world; underworld; other world; supernatural world; different dimension
to detain; to keep; to lock up; to retain; to leave (a letter) till called for
temporary; transient; trifling; trivial; careless; perfunctory
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
gushingly; copiously; profusely; in a steady stream
eyesore; offensive sight; offense to the eye; obstruction (to the view of something)
to project; to stick out; to stand out
puppet; marionette; puppet (person, organization, government, etc.); figurehead; (arch.) prostitute
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
whip; lash; stick; cane; encouragement; rebuke
whole area; surrounding area; all around; everywhere; all over the place
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off; to sever (ties); to break off (relations); to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.); to block
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
just before; just prior to; right in front of; just in front of
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
left side; left-hand side
to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
exchange (of words, views, punches, cups, etc.); give-and-take; reply; answer; response
offense and defense; offence and defence
secrecy; highly classified information
retention; maintenance; preservation
access (to a place, esp. using public transport); access (to a website, data, etc.)