(understanding or appreciation of) culture; (one's) education; cultivation; sophistication; refinement
high; noble; refined; advanced
on the light side (weight); (relative) lightness
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
to wear away; to rub down; to abrade
strict; hidebound; inflexible; being a stickler for the rules; sticking hard and fast to the rules
to look down on; to make light of
to have a narrow escape from death
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
division of work; sharing out the work; splitting into groups (e.g. to search for someone); separating into parties
to be seething (with anger); to be frenzied; to be menacing; to be murderous
to be bony; to be angular
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
general term; generic name
all directions; every direction; all sides; all quarters; everywhere
loading; charging; filling
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism
to coil around; to twine around; to cling (to); to follow around; to hang around
to check; to stop; to keep back
to fire into; to shoot into
single shot gun; one-loader gun
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
to disappear; to vanish; to bolt; to go into hiding
assassin; candidate fielded by a political party to oust an incumbent of the same party
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
to begin grandly; to start with a bang; to make a spectacular beginning; (lit.) to throw open the curtains
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
with a crack; with a cracking sound; with one's veins about to burst (from pent-up anger)
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
in range; within the limits (of ...); within (a) range
focusing (of light); convergence; gathering and bundling
to flutter down (of leaves, petals, etc.); to fall as if dancing
to pay attention; to be watchful