at a young age; while still young
child prodigy; infant genius; wonder child
sound (of a sentence); euphony; wordplay; play on words; pun
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
easy; easygoing; carefree; happy-go-lucky; optimistic; leisurely
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
as necessary; if necessary; as the need arises; as occasion demands; where appropriate
to bow one's head; to hang one's head; to droop (e.g. ears of grain)
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative
to force to do; to compel
heresy; evil ways; sorcery; black magic; netherworld; world outside the six realms where evil spirits roam
party; set; gang; company; person
two at a time; two by two; in twos
to glare; to dazzle; to glitter
surely; certainly; without doubt
to persuade; to urge; to coax; to make advances (to); to seduce; to court
in proportion to; according to; depending on
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
talks (i.e. formal discussions); conference; meeting
to be fated; to be linked by fate
smirkingly; smugly; broadly
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
to attack all in a bunch; to attack all at once
slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
the way (something) ought to be; (present) state (of); how things are
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
ill-natured; mean; mischievous; nasty; unkind; teasing
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
in a subdued voice; in undertones; in a whisper; dry and tasteless; stale
now that; since; so long as; because
to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise