annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
wherein; therein; thereinto
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
together; at the same time; same; identical
killing two birds with one stone
while; during (the time when)
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
to strip; to peel; to tear off
to sell well; to sell out; to be worldly and understanding; to be sensible; to be sorted out; to be put in order
whole story; full picture; full particulars
to go pale; to grow pale; to lose color; to turn white
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
to beat to death; to kill
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
at once; immediately; right now
staged event; faked situation; prearranged performance
in the face of; in defiance of
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
to feign composure; to act like one has (time, money, strength, etc.) to spare
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
novice; greenhorn; squirt; worthless person
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
to pull out; to draw out; to disconnect; to steal contents of; to pilfer (from); to pickpocket
to insert; to put in; to thrust in; to plug in
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
to collapse into; to flop onto
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
simplistic (thinking, idea, etc.); hasty