to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
gem; jewel; precious stone
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
accessory (fashion); jewelry; accessory (audio, car, camera, etc.)
decorations; offerings; mere window dressing
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition; formal writing with little real meaning
frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere
proficient; skillful; enjoying; satisfaction; satiation
scrap; piece; fag end; unimportant (person); petty (official); barely (in a role)
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
to have fortune come your way; to become lucky
serious; not joking; straight
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
red-hot iron; gunfire; gambling; violent-tempered
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
outbreak of an illness; onset of an illness; appearance of symptoms
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
drawing blood; collecting blood
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
to begin to appear; to begin to come in
society; public; community; social studies