spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
with a click; with a snap
fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest
conduct; behaviour; movements; gesture; performance (on stage, etc.); dance
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
first doing of ... (ever, in one's life, in the new year, etc.)
now that; since; so long as; because
attentively; with great attention to detail (e.g. when teaching); patiently
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
society; public; community; social studies
encouragement; spurring (on); cheering (on)
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
lifting (a child) high up in the air
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
captured piece that can be reused; person or object held in reserve; available means
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to shed tears; to be moved to tears
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be
appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel
a few minutes; for a few minutes; for a number of minutes; for a period of a few minutes; for several minutes
to put on; to wear; to be used to wearing
to deal a blow in return; to hit back; to punch back; to reject; to send back
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
to surge; to well up; to gush out
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
to watch for an unguarded moment
professional killer; hit man
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)