porcelain (esp. hard-paste porcelain); china; chinaware
to throw (liquid) at; to dash; to inundate (with questions); to heap (praise); to hurl (abuse)
brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded
infantry; infantryman; foot soldier
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
coating; film; membrane; tunic (plants); capsule
(not even) an inch; (not even) a little bit; (lit.) one millimeter
tension; tensile strength
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
base; mean; vulgar; despicable; low
to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided
from one's seat; without stirring
great difference; major mistake
bomb blast; blast (from an explosion); shock wave
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
rough sketch; floor plan; blueprint
houses and inhabitants; population
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
minuscule amount; extremely small quantity
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
to clamber; to climb with hands and feet; to crawl up; to creep up