evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
first meeting; first interview with
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
whatever the case; under any circumstances
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
to stiffen; to become stiff
to be lifted up; to be hung up; to twitch upwards; to turn upward; to slant upward
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
to run off; to break into a run; to start running
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
control; check; restraint; inhibition
creation; Creation (by God)
in general; generally; as a whole; all in all; altogether
blow; shock; strike; batting
extraordinarily; astonishingly; extremely; terribly; unreasonably; absurdly
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome
clear as day; perfectly obvious; plain as daylight
initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor
next; secondly; subsequently
thunderous roar; roaring sound
smoke screen; dazzler; camouflage; deceptive means; magic; witchcraft
cloudiness; turbidity; nebula (medical)
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
putting into operation; invocation
to become pale; to turn pale
forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front
to walk; to move forward; to make progress
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse; to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished