spell (that restricts one's movements); binding spell
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)
expression; presentation; representation; notation
recoil; hesitation; flinching; shrinking back
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
indescribable; having no way to express
to state; to express; to mention
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
squint; cross-eyed; mistaken view
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
in one's own way or style
work of art; artwork; objet d'art
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
tear; rip; rent; slit; crack; chasm
one's mental make-up (structure)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
irony; rhetorical question
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
being caught in one's own trap; being hoisted by one's own petard
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
flair; flash; insight; flash (of inspiration, wit, etc.); waving (e.g. of a flag in the wind)
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
capable of anything; liable to do
genuine article; real thing; real deal
to put on airs; to assume importance
atrium; chamber of the heart
one by one; one each; one at a time
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
two at a time; two by two; in twos