to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
skill; dexterity; proficiency
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
throw; throwing; throwing event
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way
excessively spacious; unduly wide; sprawling
what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
to appear; to start to appear; to show signs of appearing
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; non-human primate
full view; plain sight; completely visible
going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another
trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
tag (children's game); tig
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
almost; very nearly; only just; barely; just in time
thrusting (a spear, etc.)
to take advantage of one's carelessness; to perform a surprise attack
to get entangled (with each other); to get muddled together
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
thigh; buttocks; arse; ass
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
one grade; first-class; primary
revolution; rotation; turning; turning (an aircraft or ship)
to repeat; to do something over again
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
descent; fall; drop; passing down (of an order, decree, etc.)