reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
firing one shot at a time; single-shot gun; having only one engine; single-engined aeroplane; one-shot (e.g. story); non-serial
distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment
to be reluctant to do; to hesitate to do; to refuse to do; to be unable to do
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to imagine; to guess; to infer
self-consciousness; self-awareness
course (e.g. of lectures); academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)
tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
to sell off; to sell completely
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
to make an appearance; to show up
length (of an animal); body length
considerably; greatly; a lot
main; principal; chief; primary; major
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
to pin down; to immobilize; to immobilise; to control; to suppress
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down
to have no chance (of succeeding)
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
to misfire; to come to naught; to end in failure; to fizzle out; to fall flat
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
to droop (e.g. ears of grain); to bow one's head; to hang one's head
loafing; indolent; lazy; hey
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
impact (on); (strong) impression; effect; impact (of a ball against a racket, bat, club, etc.)
authenticity; credibility
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
pointing out; identification
(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
substantiation; materialization; materialisation; (specific to object language classes) instantiation