willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
inexpert or untrained eyes
technical; technological; practical
pit of the stomach; solar plexus
exclusion; removal; elimination; clearing away; getting rid of
with a bang; with a bam; with a wham
thunderous roar; roaring sound
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
barrette; hair clasp; hair slide
Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)
collision; crash; impact; clash; skirmish; conflict
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
to wait for one's chance; to wait for an opportunity
to shoot through (a door, the heart, etc.); to go through
advance; moving forward; progress
covering (a loss, deficit, etc.); making up (for); compensating (for); supplementation
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
rival; opponent; revenge; (arch.) spouse
to attack; to destroy; to defeat; to conquer; to avenge
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
index finger; forefinger; first (occ. second) finger; second toe
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words
nasty; mean; heartless; inconsiderate; selfish
to disentangle; to untangle; to break up into pieces; to pick apart; to relieve; to ease
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with