living thing; living creature; animal; life
small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
one by one; one after another; successively
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
such; this sort of; like this
ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
to strike someone a blow; to bring down (a stick on someone's head)
to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open
groan; moan; roar; howl; hum (e.g. motor); buzz (e.g. bee, wire in wind)
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
(sound effect for) collapsing; losing strength; slumping; losing balance
to run up onto (e.g. sidewalk); to run aground; to be stranded
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to stumble (over); to trip; to fail; to suffer a setback
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
to lift (a person) in one's arms; to help (a person) sit up
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
even though; despite; when
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
had better ...; had better not ...
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
smelling burnt; tasting burnt; having a burnt smell
equipment; harness; fittings
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other