to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
with a whack; with a smack; (answering a question) directly; definitively
to nail (to something); to nail down; to bang (e.g. one's head); to knock; to throw (at a wall, on the floor, etc.); to fling (at)
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
to lay down; to wear (a sword, etc.) at one's side
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
long ago; a long time ago; already
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to melt together; to blend together
wherein; therein; thereinto; among which
to throw oneself; to jump; to leap
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
having had enough; flatly refusing; wouldn't do for anything; begging pardon
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
large hole; big deficit; heavy losses; long-shot win (in horse racing, etc.); big winnings (on a long shot)
to throw; to toss; to fling; to abandon (one's work); to give up; to lay aside
to run up to; to rush over
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain; to grasp (a point)
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
to keep away; to keep at a distance
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to remember; to recall; to call to mind; to imagine; to picture in one's mind; to visualize
graceful; willowy; lissome; soft and tender
to climb over; to get over; to overcome (a difficulty, obstacle, etc.); to surmount; to surpass (a predecessor); to overtake
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence