one's characteristics as a writer; characteristics of a creator
to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)
saying all one has to say (usu. negative, e.g. complaints, insults, etc.)
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
recognition; acquaintance
to give up; to admit defeat; to throw in the towel
hollow; cavity; dent; depression
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
secret; private; surreptitious
recovery; rescue; recapture
external wound; (physical) trauma
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
complicated and mysterious
three sides; small offering stand
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
crawling on all fours; getting on one's hands and knees; falling flat
sword; blade; single stroke
to be unable to do; to find something difficult to do
split among friends; falling out; internal discord
papier mâché; something that looks good superficially
to shift something to; to move something into; to transfer; to transpose; to exchange; to displace
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) very; (not) much
every one (of them); (one and) all; without exception; to a man; to the last person