laboratory testing bench; laboratory table; subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig
candidacy; standing as a candidate; bidding (to host an event, e.g. the Olympics)
making practical; making useful; implementing
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
old wound; scar; unpleasant past experience; painful memory; past misdeed
steady state; stable state
boxer (fighter); boxer (dog breed)
taking over (another's debt, work); shouldering someone else's burden; subrogation
reason; cause; history; origin
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
to send (something) flying; to splatter; to drive (something) off
to slash back; to strike back; to counterattack; to retort; to quickly turn the steering wheel in the opposite direction; to cut the wheel
small pieces; fragments; chopped meat; scraps (of beef, pork, etc.)
to model (something) on; to be modelled on; to be made in the shape of; to symbolize; to represent
disguising oneself as a man; dressing as a man (for a woman); male clothing
large and rough; big and tough; unrefined; rustic; extreme; excessive
to break (a promise); to ignore (a call, text message, etc.)
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
short sword; knife; dagger; dirk; tantō
brink of death; time to give up; knowing when to give up
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
kiss; squeak (of a mouse); with a slurp
last scene (of a film, play, etc.); final scene; closing scene
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
wrong; different; not like that
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up
to reach out (for); to extend one's reach (towards); to set one's sights (on); to work towards (getting, becoming, etc.); to put out a feeler; (lit.) to extend one's tentacles
thickheaded; obtuse; slow; sluggish; indulgent (esp. to the opposite sex); doting
mischief; (child's) prank; (extramarital) affair