ethics; ethical viewpoint; moral value; sense of duty; sense of ethics
daring; brave; bold; valiant; intrepid; dauntless
family; relatives; dependents; household
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
heathen; heretic; pagan; nonconformist; freethinker; iconoclast
neighbour; neighbor; neighbourhood; neighborhood
to throw into; to toss into
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
to freeze (in fear, surprise, etc.); to cower; to flinch; to shrink up; to shrink; to shrivel up
to change into; to be transformed; to be transfigured; to transform; to alter; to convert
creaking; squeaking; packing in tightly; cramming; hard (pressing, tying, twisting, etc.); tightly
compression; condensation; constriction; compaction
(small) knife; short sword; small sword
to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit
memento (esp. of a deceased person); keepsake; heirloom; remembrance; souvenir
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
to shave off; to scrape off
to become better; to improve
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
to hurt; to smart; to sting
enlightening; deep; meaningful; profound; subtle; rich in nuance
one by one; one after another; successively
to have a taste (of something); to sample; to try
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable