to sink (into one's seat, etc.); to leap to one's death (by drowning); to be reduced to (esp. working as a prostitute)
fall; falling down; inversion; reversal; getting upset; losing one's presence of mind
to step on (a nail); to run (a nail) through one's foot; to put one's foot through (the floor)
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
to dance; to perform dance steps
knowledge (of a skill, art, etc.); proficiency; essentials; know-how; preparedness; readiness
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
serviceman; servicewoman; soldier; member of the armed forces; military personnel
belligerence; fighting spirit
completely; thoroughly; decisively; unsparingly; beyond recognition; until there's no untouched (undamaged) part
intuition; instinct; hunch
quite; utterly; (not) at all; completely; wholly; entirely
self-defense; self-defence
(villains) of the same stripe; birds of a feather; (lit.) badgers of the same hole
namely; that is (to say); in other words
at all costs; at any cost; surmounting all difficulties
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
avoiding or dodging responsibility
charming; fascinating; attractive
good-natured person; nice person
fiction; fabrication; concoction
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (e.g. a blunder); to disgrace oneself
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill
half the body; half length
to slide; to glide; to slip; to skid; to be slippery; to fail (an examination); to lose (a position)
battlefield; battleground
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (another's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
good (person, nature, etc.); good-natured; virtuous; honest