polish; burnishing; improvement; becoming more skilled
ignoring; disregarding; taking no notice of; refusing to comment on; turning a deaf ear to
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
to creep about; to crawl around
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...
half-human and half-beast
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
as soon as ... is completed; as soon as ... is done; as soon as one is able to ...; as soon as one has (free time)
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
departure; leaving; setting off
to walk noisily; to walk loudly
to be out of breath; to breathe hard (e.g. during physical activity); to pant
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
to carry (a child) on one's back; to piggyback; (arch.) to take on (a job, responsibility, etc.)
feeling of a house or a room
deterioration; getting worse; worsening; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
sympathy; compassion; pity
treatment (of a person); dealing with
to kill; to choke the life out of
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if not ...; unless ...; have to ...; must ...
(complete) set; outfit; kit; all; everything
preparations for a journey; travelling clothes; traveling clothes; travelling outfit
have to (do, be); must (do, be); is indispensable; is absolutely necessary
to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
figure of speech; rhetorical flourish
first-class; first-rate; characteristic (of); peculiar (to); school (e.g. of flower arrangement); one flag
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
famous sword; excellent sword
to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
bright person; talented student; prodigy
influential person; man of importance
to push aside; to thrust aside; to brush aside; to reject; to remove; to take out