to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
smallish; on the small side
great difference; big difference; wide margin
featureless (face); expressionless; flat; flat (terrain); smooth
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
shaft (e.g. machinery); axle; shaft (golf club); mine shaft; pit
to interlace; to fit together; to combine; to mingle
carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
biological (system); bio-
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
molding; moulding; shaping; modelling (i.e. plastic arts); modeling
sense of unity; sense of oneness
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
attribute; property; context; character class, type, fetish, etc.
distant; remote; isolated
instant; moment; (split) second; (in a) flash; (in the) blink of an eye
observation; survey; watching
inference; deduction; induction; reasoning
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)
ridge (in field); row of raised earth when planting crops; rib (cloth, mountains, sea); cord (e.g. corduroy)
power; might; authority; spirits; vigor; vigour
to become better; to improve
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
to step on; to trample down; to tread on
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
to slash back; to strike back; to counterattack; to cut the wheel; to perform a twisting backward knee trip
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game