holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
number two; mistress; concubine
course; route; path; process; stages
bad condition; poor condition; disorder; failure; rupture; breakdown (e.g. of negotiations)
resonance; sympathy (with a view, idea, etc.)
to be visible to; to be seen by; to meet one's eyes
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
empty; hollow; bare; main hall of a temple (often vast and empty)
glass sphere; glass bead; glass marble
light trap (for killing insects)
biting louse (any louse of order Mallophaga); small winged insect (esp. a flying ant or termite)
have a pain in one's chest
talking in delirium; delirious talk; delirious utterances; nonsense; rubbish; silly talk
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to treat as a joke; to do jokingly
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
pipe; tube; bobbin (in a shuttle or spinning wheel)
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined
ability; performance; efficiency
heat shimmer; heat haze; shimmering of hot air
sad; sorrowful; melancholy; plaintive
maneuver (usu. of military force); manoeuvre; mobile; nimble; agile
sweeping sideways; mowing down
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
(fictional) fusion of human and animal; therianthrope; furry; human beast
control tower; conning tower; leader; commander; playmaker; game maker
outer canthus; outer corner of the eye
to remove; to take away; to clear away; to tear down; to pull down; to demolish
gift; boon; godsend; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
smooth; meticulous; painstaking; detailed
artificial object; man-made object; artifact; artefact
inconsiderate; unkind; cruel; thoughtless; unthinking; mindless