to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to be helpful
close call; narrow escape; hair's breadth; narrowly; just in time; by a hair's breadth
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
to negotiate; to settle a matter; to arrange
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out; (arch.) to lose motivation; (arch.) to get discouraged
to complain; to lodge a complaint
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
up until now; as recently as the present
in that way; like that; that way
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
extremely gruesome; lurid; violent; bloody; fierce
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
neighboring countries; neighbouring countries; surrounding countries
pressure; pressure (e.g. political); arm-twisting
to prepare for death; to get ready to die
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
the moment of meeting (of two people, vehicles, etc.); the moment of running into each other; the moment of crossing paths
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
to leave words (behind one, e.g. after death); to say (for posterity); to utter last words; to leave some things unsaid
to mow down; to cut down; to slash (horizontally); to make a clean sweep; to sweep away; to brush away
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
to rebound; to recoil; to splash; to have a repercussion; to have a reciprocal effect
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
extremely fast; in a flash; too quick for the eye to catch
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
absolutely; completely; utterly; really; simply; only
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
like this; this sort; this way
to come uninvited; to crash (a party); to butt in
the way one talks; one's way of speaking
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
(not even) a little; (not even) a tiny bit
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
intrusion; bursting into; barging into; breaking into; forcing one's way into
point of a spear; spearhead; focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; force (of an argument); edge