taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride
cooperation; collaboration
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
indescribable; having no way to express
rightly or wrongly; by all possible means
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
here and there; everywhere
to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
one's heart; the mind; inner feelings; inmost thoughts; true motives
to hit; to run into; to light on; to strike into; to come against; to deadlock
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
to crouch; to squat; to cower
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)
thought; consideration; thinking
to snatch from; to steal from
swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
metallic sound; metallic clank
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)