bet; wager; stake; gamble
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
means of survival; means of escape; way out of a difficulty
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
to hold in one's arms; to bring over a person to one's side; to involve
to tame (e.g. animal); to domesticate
effect; efficacy; validity; potency
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
lucky; nice!; score!; bingo!
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
vengeance; revenge; retaliation
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
manager; landlord; warden; root (user)
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
several (objects, usu. from two to six)
herbal medicine prepared from dried earthworms
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly
main body (of an army); main force; these troops
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
something worthy of comparison; something being compared
threat; intimidation; menace
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound