skilled person; capable person; doer; performer; giver; bestower
(breaking) with a snap (of a thread, string, etc.); (ending) suddenly (of a call, communications, etc.); piercing (e.g. with a needle); squashing (something small; e.g. an insect); breaking out (e.g. of a pimple)
clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning
to be slow; to not make progress; to be inefficient
physiological; physical; visceral; instinctive; in one's guts
to be fulfilled; to be satisfied
sadistic desires; sadistic feelings
dissolution; dissolving; solution (e.g. chemical); melting; liquefying; fusion
poisonous spider; venomous spider; wolf spider
assassin's dagger; assassin's blade; deadly weapon
to humiliate; to disgrace; to put to shame; to violate; to (sexually) assault; to rape
subordinate; underling; henchman; minion
to get along (with someone); to be like-minded; to be congenial
look who's talking; I don't want to hear it from you; are you in any position to say that?
to be greedy; to be avaricious; to want badly; to desire intensely; to covet
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends
intense antipathy (like a blazing fire); (lit.) flames of rage
advance or retreat; moving forwards or backwards; course of action; behaviour; remaining in one's post or resigning; staying or leaving
last years; closing years; last days; closing days; end; last stage
morning; forenoon; just before noon
backlight (in photography, etc.); illumination (of the subject) from behind
voice; speech; phone (as opposed to a phoneme); speech sound; audio; sound (as opposed to the picture)
distant; remote; isolated
transmission; communication; circulation; dissemination; diffusion; propagation
telecommunications; correspondence
direct control; direct supervision
dark side (of nature, town, etc.)
taking into consideration; making allowances
general situation; general trend; general tendency; large majority (of a group, faction, etc.); majority group
to keep in contact (e.g. by phone, mail, etc.); to keep in touch
retention; maintenance; preservation
fault; weakness; flaw; crux (of a matter); difficult point; point of contention
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
poor; low-grade; load; pack; packhorse