troubled face; worried expression
consolation money; compensation for breaking off relations (e.g. with a mistress); settlement
face; honour; honor; appearance; look
to be willing to do anything (any trick) to achieve one's end
heel (of a shoe); heel; bad guy; player of villain roles
to jump over; to leap over; to fly over; to fly across; to jump ahead (of someone); to skip over
to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)
to writhe (in pain); to squirm; to wriggle
finishing blow; coup de grâce
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
to twist; to wrench; to twist (a body part); to bend; to strangle (to death); to wring (an animal's neck); to defeat easily
feng (male Chinese firebird)
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
carriage; poise; bearing; demeanor; movement (of the body)
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
serial; cereal; breakfast cereal
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself (as); to change (into); to transform; to change radically (for the better)
spurt of blood (from one's victim)
quiver (cylindrical and worn on the back or hip)
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
weak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person
to throw into; to toss into; to throw-in; to play a throw-in
please; I beg you; for mercy's sake
withering of vegetation in winter; winter decay; winter-blight; bleakness of winter; business slump in winter (esp. in February)
secrecy; highly classified information
to have a narrow escape from death
revival; resuscitation; revitalization; rejuvenation; regeneration
to affect; to impact; to influence
government office; agency; board
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle