involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
with no regard to appearances; without caring about how one looks
to dawdle; to waste time doing nothing in particular; to fret; to sulk; to rain on and off
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
to scale (mountain, flight of stairs, etc.)
screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
suddenly (e.g. falling, weakening, etc.); sharply; with a jerk
to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)
numbness; going to sleep (of a limb); pins and needles
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation (to one's fate); acceptance; observation and contemplation
to attract (to oneself, e.g. with bait or light); to draw close; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion; to convulse
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends); planetary ring
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
hateful; detestable; loathsome
observation; survey; watching
hard to please; difficult; particular; bad-tempered; in a bad mood; displeased
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
like cats and dogs; (on) very bad terms; (lit.) relationship of dogs and monkeys
heresy; evil ways; sorcery; black magic; netherworld; world outside the six realms where evil spirits roam
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
sudden change; complete change
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
tall figure; high stature
seeing in the dark; night vision
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
unexpected; unlikely; terrible; awful; very; extremely
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
to do (someone) a wrong; to do (someone) an ill turn; to take revenge; to resent; to bear a grudge
unwanted child; shunned child
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
to expedite; to encourage; to spur (on)
one by one; one after another; successively
to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable