to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
manly; sportsmanlike; pure (heart, actions, etc.); upright; (arch.) unsullied (e.g. scenery or object); (arch.) pure
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
to thrust before; to thrust at
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
intensive; concentrated; focused
advice; counsel; remonstrance; recommendation
country; territory; domain; realm
on the wane (e.g. popularity of something); decline of one's fortunes
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
very interesting; of great interest
handling (e.g. knife, reins); control; use; dealing with (e.g. customers); management; disposal (esp. sale of goods)
submersion; inundation; being flooded
thickly; viscously; stickily; sleepily; drowsily; dozing off
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
to be too busy; to be occupied; to concentrate on single-mindedly
to make a mistake; to mess up; to make an error; to err
disposition; inclination; characteristic; sexual disposition; fetish
impression given by a painting or image
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
rolling (something) up by spinning it around; coiling
to strip; to peel; to tear off
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
handling (e.g. knife, reins); control; use; dealing with (e.g. customers); management; disposal (esp. sale of goods)
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
bad example from which one can learn; good example of what not to do (esp. how not to behave); negative example
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
a sight for sore eyes; seeing something beautiful or precious
extempore; impromptu; improvised; ad-lib; off-the-cuff; instant