minuscule amount; extremely small quantity
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
dissemination; scattering; sprinkling; spraying
within the blood; blood-borne
toxicity; virulence; toxic; virulent; poisonous
unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
half the number; half (of an amount); haploid (organism, cell, etc.); haplont
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
to be lit (of a lamp, burner, etc.); to catch fire; to ignite; to be turned on (of a light, appliance, etc.); to come on
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery
to mow down; to cut down; to slash (horizontally); to make a clean sweep; to sweep away; to brush away
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
overarm stroke (type of traditional Japanese swimming style)
effect; virtue; efficacy; impression
whim; caprice; vagary; eccentricity
eye color; eye colour; expression (of the eyes); look; countenance
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
perfunctory; apathetic; makeshift; slapdash; routine; usual
to jar; to creak; to grate
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
to pierce; to go through; to remove (partitions between rooms); to knock (e.g. two rooms) into one; to carry out (to completion)
metallic sound; metallic clank
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
to be reduced to (e.g. poverty); to end up as
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
to do as one wishes; to act as one wills
hateful; detestable; abominable; amazing; fantastic; admirable
to disentangle; to untangle; to unravel; to relax; to soften; to relieve (e.g. stress, tension)
to be contrary; to run counter (to); to conflict (with); to disagree (with)
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
spell (that restricts one's movements); binding spell