line of spears held at the ready
to rage; to run amok; to tear around
sharp-eyed; keen-eyed; easily awakened
stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)
to try to (do); to want to; to be about to (do, happen)
grasshopper; locust (of superfamily Acridoidea)
fear; horror; risk; danger; awe; reverence
to blow (a horn, etc.); to sound
horn (instrument; made of animal horn); bugle; hunting horn
to use (as a tool) for one's own advantage; to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
visual hallucination; vision
to pay (out); to drive away
running at full speed; going as fast as one can go
to scatter in all directions (like baby spiders)
(rock) crystal; high purity quartz
to give; to let one have; to do for one
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
feelings; thoughts; meaning
to use as an intermediary; to mediate; to assist; to worry; to mind; to care
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy
enemy camp; enemy line; last 3 rows of the board
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
to become muddy; to become slushy
outdoors; outside; open air; fields; outskirts; suburbs
aria; singing; chanting; reciting (e.g. a spell)
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
grazing; touching lightly; squeezing (someone for money); percentage; kickback
last ray of hope; only hope
sweeping sideways; mowing down
dynamic visual acuity; DVA; kinetic vision
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
beyond human understanding
phantom; vision; illusion
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
sliding feet; shuffling (one's feet); moving one's legs forward without letting one's feet leave the ground