waves that remain after the wind has subsided; after-effect; aftermath
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
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
police officer; policeman; constable
half the body; half length
to pass; to overtake; to leave behind; to pull out; to extract; to remove
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
(sound of a) gunshot; (gun) report
eardrum; tympanic membrane
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
to stagger; to stumble; to totter; to misconduct oneself; to have a love affair; to waver
every person; each one; everybody
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser; poor at letting things go; unable to accept the inevitable
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
spin; rotation; spin (PR, politics)
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
what the hell; oh, great!; son of a gun; holy mackerel; oh no!; holy cow!
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
to rush over; to run up to
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
just because; even if; even though
in the same way as; just like
(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
to overdo; to do too much
to cut corners; to be shoddy
to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms
external wound; (physical) trauma
region; limits; stage; level