straining; draining; drainer; strainer; cutwater (on ship); forefoot
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself
villain; outlaw; assassin
bright (esp. of the moon); broad and empty
windmill; wind turbine; pinwheel (toy); windmill (toy); Clematis patens (species of climbing plant)
hair (on the head); tresses; locks
to pick up; to find; to gather
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
self-respect; self-confidence; guts; backbone; pride; drive
childcare; child-rearing; nursing; upbringing
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
small gathering; happy circle
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
to hang up; to hoist; to denounce; to subject someone to a kangaroo court
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
beanbags; jackstones; cueball
to borrow money; to call for loans
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
secret of nature; profound secret; disposition; character; emperor's health; emperor's well-being
scolding; telling-off; talking-to; dressing-down
straw doll; straw figure; straw effigy
even though it is not; despite not
military secret; classified military material; military aircraft
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
returning tit for tat; retaliating
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
throwing stones; slingshot; sling
sluggishly; slowly; ploddingly; stolidly (standing); impassively
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
surroundings; circumference
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
figure of speech; rhetorical flourish
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
crossing water with a horse