cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
flicker (light); waver; trickle (water); glance at
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features)
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
hollow; cavity; dent; depression
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
orders; instructions; directive; command
spectators; onlookers; members of the audience
eyesight; vision; visual acuity
cordial welcome; hearty welcome; kind treatment; hospitality
to fight against; to oppose; to face
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
specific gravity; relative density; relative importance; weight
human kindness; human weakness
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
forktail bullhead (species of catfish, Pelteobagrus nudiceps)
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
to yield; to give way to; to make way for
to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession
to apologize sincerely; to apologise sincerely
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
heavy heartbeat; thumping; pounding
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
cannot be compared with; no match for
irony of fate; twist of fate
with a smooth, unhindered motion; speedily and without delay
tide; tidal current; tendency; drift; trend
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
wonder; miracle; amazement; prodigy