to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to keep a watchful eye on
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
double; twice (as much); twofold
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
imagination; supposition; guess
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
to push aside; to brush or thrust aside; to remove; to get rid of
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
with a clatter; with a rattle; empty; bare; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
to resort to violence; to use force; to be able to get; to be able to afford; to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball)
lightly; easily; carelessly
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
either way; in any case; one way or another
to surround; to crowd around
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to sidestep (an issue)
subordinate; underling; henchman; minion
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)
to fess up; to come clean; to confess one's crimes; to spill the beans
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
self-government; autonomy; local (governmental) autonomy
magical powers; supernatural powers; spell; charm
womanly; ladylike; feminine