to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
everywhere; at every turn
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
cunning deed; sly trick; foul play; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
to assail the nostrils (smell); to go nose-to-nose (with someone)
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
to be completely changed (for the worse); to be transformed
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
internal organs; intestines; viscera
button (clothing); push-button
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
to open (e.g. one's robe); to bare (e.g. one's chest); to open up (of clothing); to be exposed; (arch.) to open wide (one's legs, eyes, mouth, etc.); (arch.) to stretch
underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie
riddled with holes; full of holes; full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
exposure; laying bare; baring (e.g. skin); (photographic) exposure
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
smell of something rotten; rotten smell
grown man; grown woman; grown-up person; sensible person
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
creeping about; stirring restlessly; squirming
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
to be(come) intertwined; to be entangled
to crawl out of; to creep out of
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
to be tripped up; to be too drunk to stand