shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
inside; interior; inner part
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
to rise; to erect; to get up
to look around; to survey
Everyone is safe (all right)
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
disintegration; self-destruction
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
half and half; fifty-fifty
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
pensive (or worried) look on one's face
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
complete stranger; total stranger
good-for-nothing; worthless
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
revival; resuscitation; revitalization; rejuvenation; regeneration