nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
to bash; to hit hard; to strike; to beat (someone in battle)
like this; this sort; this way
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
special; particular; peculiar; unique
way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
continuation; succession; series
to search for; to seek for; to look for
back lane; byway; back street; unfair means; dishonest means
escape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion
to prepare for death; to get ready to die
still (continuing); as ever; further
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
to shake; to sway; to waver
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
tearing limb from limb; tearing apart; cutting (a person) to pieces
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
to check; to stop; to keep back
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
horseback riding; sitting astride; straddling
to straighten up; to sit upright
soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek
to cover; to bury (e.g. one's face in hands); to submerge; to fill (completely); to stuff; to pack
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
to put one's strength into
to have gooseflesh (e.g. from cold or horror)
wondrous; marvellous; uncanny; like a charm
tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal