ahead; forward; (in) front; having a square front
wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; presence; appeal
ten-gallon hat; cowboy hat
curious; strange; unusual
gun; firearm; small arms (e.g. rifle, pistol, etc)
replica firearm; realistic toy gun with no firing mechanism
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk (drive)
gift; premium; prize (lottery drawing, pachinko, etc.); party favor (favour)
to shoot (a gun, person, etc.); to fire
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
whiz (e.g. projectile through air); swoosh; whoosh; whistling sound
departure; departing from ...; sent from ...; (a letter, etc.) dated ...; counter for engines (on an aircraft); counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
to attack; to destroy; to defeat; to conquer; to avenge
to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful
(direct) hit; hitting the mark
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
cushion; cushion (to soften the blow); mitigation
print; printing; (printed) copy; handout; flyer
assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to take upon oneself; to volunteer; to undertake; to offer (to do)
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
life; living; I; me; student
treasure; treasured item; prized possession
fur seal (esp. the northern fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus); Alaskan fur seal
public relations; client liaison; client relations
to keep an eye on; to keep a watchful eye on
to talk to oneself; to mutter
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
living by oneself; living alone
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock)
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create