to become calm (of the wind, sea, etc.); to die down
feeling in the hands (when striking, poking, etc.); (feeling of) resistance; response (to one's efforts); reaction; (having an) effect (on)
to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles
to jump at; to leap at; to fly at; to spring at; to pounce on
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
lack; absence; shortage; deficiency; privation
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
moment by moment; hour by hour
calculated; premeditated; considered
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) someone down (esp. with sexual connotations)
picking; collecting; harvesting; extraction
serious wound; serious injury
to flatter; to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to suck up (to); to toady (to)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to send flying with a kick
mankind; the human creature; fellow creatures
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
parting ways after a quarrel
soaked; drenched; sopping; incessantly (raining); drizzling
elimination (of a person, group, etc.); killing off; denial (of an opinion, fact, etc.); ignoring; erasure (of writing); rubbing out
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind; mean; nasty
calling (someone a thief, coward, etc.); branding (as); denouncing
cruel; hard-hearted; harsh; unkind
aloof; morose; (smelling) strongly; pungently; spiky (esp. of a hairstyle); sticking up straight (e.g. of plant stems)
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous
natural airhead; person prone to making silly mistakes
to the very end; to the bitter end; to the last; to the hilt; thoroughly
to comfort; to console; to amuse
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
to get lost; to become lost; to go astray
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to put into order; to arrange (one's thoughts)