feigning death; playing possum; tonic immobility; thanatosis; apparent death
playing dead; feigning death; playing possum
(for) self-defense; (for) self-protection
one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series
wooden joints; paired karate kata; beltwork
match; game; bout; contest
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"
(opening of) a wound; (mouth of a) wound; cut
another species; other species
to be sticky; to be stringy; to be glutinous
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
hair color; hair colour; fur color; disposition; type; kind
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
deficiency disease (e.g. protein, vitamin, etc.)
decision; settlement; definition
gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas); gasoline; gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
pale; pallid; bluish-white
pathological; morbid; unhealthy; diseased; unwholesome; abnormal
close to the wall; alongside the wall
hook (fishing, golf, boxing, etc.)
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
container; case; receptacle; coffin; casket
to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.
to bail out (water); to dip out; to ladle out; to start drawing (water)
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
waste matter; waste; garbage; trash
unsold items; leftovers; remainders; spinster; old maid
generously; liberally; magnanimously
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
in advance; beforehand; previously