to be spattered by blood from one's victim; to suffer a reaction; to receive a backlash
convulsion; cramp; spasm; tic; twitch; fit
gasping; puffing; wheezing; asthma
to breathe one's last; to pass away; to die; to expire
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
to worry about; to be vexed
to smile (at); to grin (at)
to reveal by washing the surface; to expose by washing away dirt, earth, etc.; to discover (by investigation); to bring to light; to start washing
bathing (in cold water); showering; swimming
to be constricted; to tighten (in the middle); to narrow
impeccable; unimpeachable; cannot be faulted; above reproach; beyond reproach; faultless
powerless; weak; lacking physical strength; incompetent; lacking ability; powerless
to sniff out; to get wind of
inferior; base; vulgar; low grade; lower class
nagging; critical; talkative; gossipy
(not) altogether; (not) wholly
peerless; unique; unparalleled; unchallenged
encampment; position; side; end; goal area
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
base; mean; vulgar; despicable; low
to sow seeds; to sow the seeds of ... (e.g. conflict)
to mow; to reap; to harvest; to eradicate; to root out (e.g. evil); to remove
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another; successively
pleading; entreaty; supplication; petition
to shake; to tremble; to sway; to be unsettled; to be unstable; to fluctuate
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to deal a blow in return; to hit back; to punch back; to reject; to send back
even; even if ...; even though ...; because ...; as ...; with the purpose of ...
small pieces; fragments; chopped meat; scraps (of beef, pork, etc.)
from now; from this moment; henceforth
before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme
to hand (over); to deliver in person