warming (something) in a vessel placed in hot water
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
daring; fearless; intrepid; bold; tough
prediction; prophecy; prognostication; (religious) prophecy
fortune-telling; divination; fortune-teller; diviner
authenticity; credibility
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
pent-up resentment; grudges and hard feelings
about; concerning; related to; -ish
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to set about in earnest; to make a strenuous effort; to put one's back into (doing)
extreme sadist; very sadistic
God; god; deity; ace; king; superior person
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
amusement; fun; brief entertainment
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
unsightly; ungraceful; clumsy; awkward; unpresentable; unshapely
to exploit a gap (in attention, security, etc.); to catch off guard
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
to launch oneself upon; to make one's debut
just before; just prior to; right in front of; just in front of
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
to be too late; to be too slow
hunting; hunt; gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists)
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
to choke; to have trouble breathing
by sheer strength; by brute force
beyond that point; after that
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to whirl (in the wind); to flutter (about); to swirl
trailing; chasing after; imitation; imitating; clinginess (in babies, toddlers)
to burn to a crisp; to scorch
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust