to come off; to be worn off; to fade; to discolor; to discolour
masterpiece; best work; amusing blunder; funny mistake; boner
horse laugh; guffaw; wild laughter
to step on; to trample down; to tread on
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
approximately; about; only; nothing but; just (finished, etc.)
unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
wiles; trick; artifice; lover (male) (esp. of a prostitute)
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)
to bawl; to cry; to scream
to dry up completely; to become stale
please; I beg you; for mercy's sake
merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
plain; plateau; tableland
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
covered in blood; bloodstained; bloody; gory
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
to stretch (unbend) oneself
to float; to save (on one's expenses); to scrimp; to half-rise, e.g. to one's feet
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
close-cropped head; bald hill
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
it's no joke; gimme a break!
1,000,000; one million; million; many
orchid; Netherlands; Holland
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
henchman; follower; (arch.) adopted child