cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
offense; offence; method of attack
gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
acid; sourness; sour taste
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); seeker; Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
from out of nowhere; from who knows where
to warp; to bend backwards; to throw one's head (or shoulders) back; to throw out one's chest
great evil; scum of the earth; monster; fiend
the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)
half the body; half length
to allot; to assign; to give; to provide; to fit to; to fasten to
lax; lenient; lukewarm; slow; sluggish
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
to fall flat; to fall face down
to lift (a person) in one's arms; to help (a person) sit up
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
to fall off; to tumble down
to bind (with rope, etc.)
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet
danger; peril; hazard; risk
nonchalantly; without a care
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
weak; weakly; feeble; frail; delicate; faint (voice, sunlight, etc.)
to look away; to avert one's eyes; to avoid facing (e.g. reality)
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
to have one's hands slip (and drop something)
not factored in; not included in calculations; unaccounted for; unplanned for
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
eardrum; tympanic membrane
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
to print (on); to insert (an illustration); to stencil (a pattern); to instill (a thought, impression, etc.); to imprint (e.g. on one's subconscious)
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
to read (someone's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking