ladle; dipper; wild chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris); cow parsley; keck
metal rod; metal bar; iron rod; iron club; iron staff with rings on top (traditionally used by night watchmen)
poor excuse (of a); nearly non-existent; barely sufficient; token (effort, etc.); symbolic
hammer; hopeless swimmer; complete beginner at swimming; someone who sinks like a stone
tall and thin; long and thin; lanky; spindly; gangly
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
to give directions; to issue instructions
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to one's heart's content; to one's complete satisfaction; as much as one likes; heartily; thoroughly; without restraint
to jaunt around; to play around; to visit one place after another without effect
to kill; to choke the life out of
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said; repeating oneself
creation; generation; formation; derivation
nine; nine years of age; twelve o'clock (old time system)
to differ; to vary; to disagree
nature; property; disposition
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
blunt (e.g. sword); dull; lazy; cowardly; good for nothing
to trace back to (the origins of something)
to faint; to be exhausted
only; merely; but; no more than
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
wondrous; marvellous; uncanny; like a charm
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens
articles made out of paper (by hand); paperware
foul play (sport); breaking the rules; infringement; irregularity
this sort of; of this kind; of the sort; such