decayed tree; rotted tree; decayed wood; obscure, meaningless life (metaphor)
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
stick; piece of wood; billet; piece of a broken pole
ramification; branching off
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to install; to embed
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
in succession; one by one
being preoccupied with; being obsessed; only thinking of; having only ... on one's mind
to come to one's senses; to calm down
independence; self-reliance
forcibly; by force; against one's will
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside; to set aside; to keep apart; to remove (someone) from the group; to shun
creation; generation; formation; derivation
annoying; infuriating; provoking; irritating; aggravating; vexing
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down
rotation; revolution; working (e.g. of one's mind); function; turnover (of goods, funds, etc.); circulation
straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)
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)
top of the head; crown of the head
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
feeler; tentacle; antenna; touching (with one's hand); feeling; sensing
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
impact (on); (strong) impression; effect; impact (of a ball against a racket, bat, club, etc.)
to jump at; to leap at; to fly at; to spring at; to pounce on
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to try to do; to attempt to do
to put a burden on; to tax (e.g. strength)
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized
predation; eating prey; preying upon