atrocious; heinous; fiendish; brutal; vicious
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence; power
flames produced by an explosion; explosive flames
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
temporary; transitory; short-lived
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in (e.g. mud); to get bogged down in; to get lodged in
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain
to drop; to let fall; to omit
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
long ago; a long time ago; already
thorough; exhaustive; complete
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
posture; position; stance
neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing
to be hard (to do); to be difficult; to require much effort; to be laborious; to be backbreaking; to have trouble (doing)
hey!; say!; I say!; I; me
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
obstinate; stubborn; headstrong
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
obstinate person; stubbornness; pigheadedness; hard head (like a rock)
to open one's eyes wide (as in fear or anger); to faint
concussion (of the brain)
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
subterranean rumbling; earth tremor
to stand (something) up; to put upright; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to let out; to raise (a cloud of dust, smoke, etc.)
to rise; to get up; to stand up; to sit up
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
contest of strength; trial of strength
all right; very well; there, there; patting (e.g. a child on the head); stroking
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
match; game; bout; contest
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do