sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
way; manner; school (e.g. of flower arrangement); class; rate; flow
party venue; place for a party; banquet hall
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
(eating) noisily; (chewing) with an open mouth; crumpled; creased; messy; disorderly
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
bad smell; foul smell; offensive odor; stench; stink
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
to snap; to break (under pressure)
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet
to be crushed; to be squashed (flat)
stopping functioning; being out of service
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first
evil spirit; demon; devil
measurement round the hips
elevated walkway through the audience to the stage; honourable end to a career
high-level; higher-order; higher-order; higher-degree
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
to crack; to be cracked; to develop a crack
protuberance; projection; prominence; protrusion; bump; boss
Beauty and the Beast (fairy tale)
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
comfort; consolation; diversion
to play a hand game (e.g. rock, paper, scissors)
to stick into and move around; to dig around in; to pick (i.e. one's teeth)
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
to envision how things will turn out (usu. unfortunate); to have foresight; to be able to see the future
price; cost; charge; price (of achieving something); cost; sacrifice