to break (into pieces); to smash; to shatter (someone's hopes, confidence, etc.); to crush; to simplify; to make easy to understand
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
savage; wild; unruly; to behave roughly; to get wild
basis; grounds; base (of operations); base (of a group of stones)
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see ...
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
territory; domain; dominion; possession
to settle down; to stay (for good); to stay long; to stay on
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
to become pale; to turn pale
irrational (line of) argument
retort; back talk; backchat
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation
spring (device); spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
cellar; cave; hole in the ground
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
too-good-to-be-true offers (e.g. scams and frauds); too-good-to-be-true stories
lumping together (things or people); treating (everyone) alike; handling indiscriminately; making sweeping generalizations; dealing with (various things) under one head
to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver; to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
asleep (in bed); sick in bed
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
(land) with a thump; slumping (of something heavy); (lying down) with a flop; effortlessly (throw onto); roundishly (shaped; of something large)
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
outdoors; outside; open air; fields; outskirts; suburbs
savage; barbarian; aboriginal
largehearted; frank; unaffected
fortitude; firmness of character; sturdiness; inner strength; hardihood
to show through; to be hinted at; to peek through; to shine through