to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
complete change; about-face
synopsis; plot; outline; plan; scheme; program
crown (of head); summit (of mountain); easy win for one; something received
schoolyard; school playground; school grounds; campus
to dispatch (someone); to send; to make go fast (a car, horse, etc.); to drive; to move quickly (one's pen, eyes, etc.); to run (one's eyes over something)
to wash away; to rinse off
otherwise; or else; if not
rash; reckless; headlong; foolhardy
maneuver (usu. of military force); manoeuvre; mobile; nimble; agile
hidden ball trick; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
unable to put up any resistance; unable to put up a fight; not standing a chance (against)
confusion; bustle; turmoil; to rush around; to act frantically
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
to throw at; to fling at; to hurl at; to hurl (abuse, insults, etc.) at; to use (rough language) with (someone)
to find; to discover; to come across; to spot
promotional model (at a trade show, etc.); female guide (at a convention); hostess (of a party, banquet, etc.); companion
madly in love; head over heels; fanatically doting; collapsed; out of spirits
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
leaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.); (doing) continuously; constantly; keep ...-ing
to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
fast approach; quick intimacy
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
manpower; labor force; workers
lack of actors; being unfit for one's (acting) role; lacking the ability required for the part one has been given
lax; lenient; lukewarm; slow; sluggish
to abandon; to give up on; to desert
act of violence; violent behavior
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
friend and foe; enemies and allies; both sides
application (of a rule, law, method, etc.)