arrogant; haughty; insolent
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
skill; expertise; experience; proficiency; mastery; dexterity
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
difficult to approach; inaccessible
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
to rise; to swell; to intensify; to increase; to grow stronger; to get higher
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to cut (someone) down
to exploit a gap (in attention, security, etc.); to catch off guard
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
to turn aside adroitly; to dodge
to shout; to cry (out); to yell; to scream; to clamour
end of life; death; breathing one's last
spare time; free time; time (it takes to do something); time required; time off; leave; dismissal
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
a glance; a look; a glimpse
corruption (of order, public morals, etc.); subversion; degradation; collapse (of an organization, system, etc.); falling apart
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
in good health; alive and well; going strong
to watch for an unguarded moment
context (of a passage); line of thought; context (of a matter, event, etc.); circumstances; background
cannot be helped; unavoidable
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
bloodshed; (lit.) rain of blood
to throw oneself; to jump; to leap
(not) so much; (not) that much
to run through (a crowd, gate, etc.); to sweep through (e.g. of news through a city); to run past (someone) from behind; to overtake
one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
ill will; malice; evil intent