to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat
to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to
to throw a punch at; to swing at; to strike out at; to raise a hand against
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
just now; a little while back; a short time ago
to crouch; to squat; to cower
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
to take someone down a peg; to cut someone down to size; to dampen someone's confidence
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
one color; one colour; one article; same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
mischievous boy; troublemaker; pesky kids
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
successively; one after another
to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity
to be sacked; to be dismissed
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
came here; coming here; recently
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
counter for choices, options, etc.
to thrust before; to thrust at
two characters; two letters; (arch.) garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); (arch.) Chinese chives
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten