clever; intelligent; bright; well-behaved (esp. of children and pets); obedient; good
to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be clear-headed; to be alert; to look upbeat; to be perky; to master (a skill)
to yield; to give way to; to make way for
to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing
to flutter (in the wind); to wave; to turn over; to flip over; to suddenly change (attitude, opinion, etc.); to suddenly switch
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
explosive; blasting powder
gap; break; pause; interval; cut; incision
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
to be crushed; to be squashed (flat)
heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
adherence; sticking (to); fixation
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; proto-
support; backup; prop; backstay; underpinning
row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally
destruction; collapse; crumbling
to claim victims; to leave casualties
to shake (from fear, cold, excitement, etc.); to shudder; to tremble
ultimate weapon; one's final trump card
all you want; as much as one wants
stale; hackneyed; clichéd
thick (of a liquid); muddy; gooey
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
to cease; to stop; to be over
dice roll with the desired result; lucky throw of the dice; good luck; stroke of luck; hoped-for result
pole; climax; extreme; extremity
magic bullet; magic bullets
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
black spot; dark spot; sunspot