to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
to go around; to make a circle around; to surround; to circle; to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.); to return
table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor
to roll over; to tumble; to roll about (with laughter)
lamp soot; lamp smoke; lampblack
chimney sweeping (cleaning)
cross (for crucifixion); the Cross (of Christ)
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
deeply religious; devout; godly; faithful
dull; uninteresting; boring; drab
faith; belief; piety; devotion; godliness
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. of a joke)
to coagulate; to congeal; to be fanatical (about); to be obsessed (with); to stiffen; to become stiff
soon; shortly; before long; in a moment
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (suit)
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
faint; fainting; losing consciousness
to set a ladder up against
afterwards; at a later time; later on; after some time
to consider (all the circumstances); to bear (a number of things) in mind
feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles
any and every thing; altogether; lock, stock, and barrel; the whole shooting match; the whole kit and caboodle; without reserve
this (very thing); this precisely
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
what's what; heads or tails
hearsay; learning by hearsay
anthropoid ape; anthropoid; ape
(not) altogether; (not) wholly
tall story; tall tale; cock-and-bull story; bullshit
feigned voice; unnatural voice
to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear
description; expression (in words); qualification (e.g. of a noun with an adjective); form; figure; appearance
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
demon; devil; -crazed person; -obsessed person; dreaded; terrible
pasturing (e.g. cattle); letting (an animal) run loose; letting (someone) do as they please; leaving (something) to take its own course; letting (an issue) go unchecked
being rampant; being widespread; being prevalent; walking sideways; staggering; striding
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
villain; outlaw; assassin
to coil itself (e.g. a snake); to loaf around