questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy
cannot be helped; unavoidable
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
to succeed; to bear fruit
sailing; marching; going out; dispatch
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
riding together; riding with
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general
to clamber (up); to scale
to throw open; to leave open
slitheringly; wriggling, slipping and sliding
adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)
to crawl out; to creep out; to begin to crawl
rhombus; rhomb; lozenge; diamond shape
poisonous snake; poisonous serpent
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
to look askance (at); to look contemptuously; to look down on; (arch.) to cast an amorous glance at
monstrously ugly; hideous; ugly and bizarre
to raise one's head (esp. of a snake)
to be at a loss for words; to be speechless; to be dumbfounded; to be struck dumb
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
divine punishment; wrath of God; justice of heaven; suitable punishment; just deserts; come-uppance
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
to set off to advantage; to bring into prominence; to support; to favor; to rouse (spirits); to march (a prisoner) off
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
restlessly; hurriedly; agitatedly; fidgeting
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
to die; to lay down life's burden
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
covered in blood; bloodstained; bloody; gory