in truth; as it is; as you are; in practice
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
finishing blow; coup de grâce
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, handicap, etc.); overcoming; bringing under control; subjugation; victory over
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
to wish (for); to pray (for); to hope (for); to pray silently; to recite (Buddha's name, sutras, etc.) in one's mind; to chant (a silent prayer)
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
normalcy; normality; normal
function; facility; faculty; feature
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
to jerk one's chin; to nod toward; to point one's chin at
spare energy, time or money; remaining strength; reserve power; money to spare
to pound (e.g. heart); to pulse (e.g. vein); to pulsate
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can
four (long cylindrical things)
(at) high speed; as fast as one can; with lightning speed
flight; desertion; escape
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
to come to an end; to close the curtain
all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis