sharp (words); harsh (manner, tone, etc.); hostile (mood, attitude, etc.); spiky; prickly; jagged
tail (of an animal); tail end; tip
unable to stay healthy; ruining one's health; exceeding the limits of one's body; unable to maintain one's fortune
kind deed; (a) kindness; helping others; helping someone
-off (price reduction); discount; -coated; -plated
to tangle; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated; to become difficult
in deep black; in jet black
head of a sleeping person
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
naked sword; drawn sword; shellfish removed from the shell
shellfish removed from the shell; shucked shellfish
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
denting; buckling; giving (in); bowing repeatedly; kowtowing; bowing and scraping
otherwise; if not; or else
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
worthless; insignificant; unimportant; poor; miserable; wretched
tessellated; tessellar; mosaic
Her Majesty the Queen; mistress (in S&M); dominatrix
nice person; good-natured person
my; one's own; personal; privately owned
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
downhill; downward slope; descent; decline; waning; ebb
(move) slowly (e.g. walk); sluggishly; stolidly; ploddingly; heavily
rain shower while the sun shines; sun shower; procession of will-o'-the-wisps seen at night; jack-o'-lantern parade
indescribable; having no way to express
to take (preventive) measures; to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower
to tear off; to strip off; to rip off; to rob (someone) of (clothes); to divest (someone) of (powers, rank, etc.)
place of execution; execution site
to escape; to make one's getaway; to manage to get away
to give someone a surprise; to catch off guard and fluster; to frustrate (e.g. someone's plans); to give someone a blow; to scare the hell out of