advance; moving forward; progress
to mash; to grind; to pulverize; to dissipate (a fortune); to run through; to lose
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
fit; spasm; attack; seizure
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
to give up; to admit defeat; to throw in the towel
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to bash; to hit hard; to strike; to beat (someone in battle)
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
within; inside of; less than
scale; scope; plan; structure
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
place; situation; position; location
to slip out (e.g. from one's fingers); to cleanly forget
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much