pursuer; pursuing party; posse
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
annihilation; extermination; (total) destruction; wiping out
along; parallel to; in accordance with
shallow thinking; imprudence; rashness; quick temper; short temper
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
killing time; staving off boredom
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price)
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
thick (of a liquid); muddy; gooey
counter for colours; color; colour; (outward) appearance; look; (facial) expression; face
in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
safety zone; buffer (e.g. against defeat)
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
impudence; cheekiness; impertinence
floating (e.g. in air, water); floatation; buoyancy; buoying up (e.g. economy)
branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue
finishing blow; coup de grâce
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit
(sense of) hearing; auditory perception
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
grumbling; muttering; nonsense
it is I who should say so
to order; to command; to appoint