short sword; dagger; stiletto; hour hand (of a clock)
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
offensive strength; offensive power; striking power
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
watermark (in a stamp, banknote, etc.); openwork (engraving, carving, etc.)
to manage a state; to govern a country
wickedness; evil; iniquity; wrongness
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
long hair (usu. of a man)
inheritance from a parent (property, trait, physique, etc.)
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
having spirit; (being) staunch; having backbone
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
earplug (for protection against noise or water)
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)
bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
wild; rough; unrefined; unpolished; rugged; tough
to wet oneself; to be miserly; to be stingy
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
other than; excluding; without
spy; secret agent; spying
to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
potential; latent faculties; potential capacities
mental condition; state of mind; mentality
tolerant; big; flexible; big-hearted; accepting; open-minded
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
possible; conceivable; likely; probable
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
to reach out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to get involved in; to embark on; to start a fight; to get physical with
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
dated; date; date of effect (e.g. a rule change); fixed; external