deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work
snake; serpent; large snake
whip; lash; stick; cane; encouragement; rebuke
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
extremely fast; in a flash; too quick for the eye to catch
to cut down (grass, etc.; by swinging a sickle, scythe, etc.); to mow
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
to mesh (of gears, cogs, etc.); to engage with each other; to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength; to mesh
bipartite; in two parts; double
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
(total) number (of people or things); count; quota
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh
pouring all one's efforts into a single issue (goal, etc.); focusing entirely on one objective; single-minded approach; concentrated all-out effort; targeted strike
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship
perfection; thoroughness; consummation
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
wrong direction; different direction (from what one expected)
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance
right side; right-hand side
pit of the stomach; solar plexus
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
leather shoes; leather boots
toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.
to wear (multiple layers of clothes); to wear underneath; to dress up (esp. in formal clothes); to attire oneself (in); to break in (through repeated wearing); to wear in
to some extent; to a certain extent
edged tool; cutting instrument; knife
doubling; marked increase; multiplying; redoubling
metal fittings; metal fixtures
throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)
left side; left-hand side
to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at
ugh; yuck; ick; blech; damn; crap
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
fall; falling down; inversion; reversal; getting upset; losing one's presence of mind