failed attempt (at a crime, suicide, etc.)
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
wrong; different; not like that
despite; in spite of; not worrying about; without fear of
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic
unbelievable; incredible; implausible
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with
fabrication; put-up job; trumped-up story; frame-up; hoax
choices; alternatives; options
shaking; jolting; shaking up (e.g. one's adversary); flustering (someone)
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
true seal (animal); earless seal
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
loser; defeated person; the defeated
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
to trample flat; to beat a path
disorder; confusion; violence; outrage; riot
barking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house
idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely
inference; deduction; induction; reasoning