to wake (someone) up (by calling for them); to awaken; to call (to mind); to bring back (memories); to evoke
blow; shock; strike; batting
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
numbness; going to sleep (of a limb); pins and needles
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle; end of the world (esp. in fiction); apocalypse
supreme ruler; conqueror; champion; winner; titleholder
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; hammy (acting); over-the-top; clumsy
thunderous roar of laughter (from multiple people); loud burst of laughter; explosive laughter
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
to hit hard; to strike hard
good-for-nothing; useless; worthless
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to evade (question, subject); to ward off; to avert; to put aside
to paint; to spread; to plaster; to apply (cream, lotion); to smear; to lacquer
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people
ability; performance; efficiency
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself
boxer (fighter); boxer (dog breed)
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
whistling sound; wheezing sound; sound of the wind; wuthering; howling; soughing
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
dripping; trickling; drop by drop; in drops
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
right; right-hand side; right hand; the above (in a piece of vertical writing); above-mentioned; the right (wing)
left; left-hand side; left hand; the left (wing); leftist; fondness for alcohol
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
having said that; on the other hand; (but) then; (but) still
to start a signal fire; to use a smoke signal; to initiate an action; to start a campaign
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
rush (of people or activity); rush (sudden forward motion); rush hour; rushes; dailies
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn