each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage
slander; bad-mouthing; abuse; insult; speaking ill (of)
polish; improvement; burnishing
ignoring; disregarding; taking no notice of; refusing to comment on; turning a deaf ear to
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
to creep about; to crawl around
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
to rub on; to rub against; to wipe on; to strike (a match)
half-human and half-beast
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
to walk noisily; to walk loudly
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
to carry (a child) on one's back; to piggyback; (arch.) to take on (a job, responsibility, etc.)
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
sympathy; compassion; pity
treatment (of a person); dealing with
to kill; to choke the life out of
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if not ...; unless ...; have to ...; must ...
complete set; all; everything
preparations for a journey
to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
figure of speech; rhetorical flourish
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
famous sword; excellent sword
to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
bright person; talented student; prodigy
influential person; man of importance
to push aside; to brush or thrust aside; to remove; to get rid of