cracking; splitting; ripping; crashing; creaking; groaning
to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over
to become enraged; to blow one's top; to lose it; to flip out
to snap; to break (under pressure)
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
to facilitate; to make easy; to simplify
excreta; raw sewage; human waste; night soil
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusing; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
to distinguish by smell; to smell the difference (between); to scent out; to discern (one thing from another); to determine
attraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation); affinity; gravitational pull; attractiveness; magnetism
sign; mark; marker; marker
prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
to set on end (hair, fur, etc.); to make stand on end; to bristle; to ruffle (up); to raise (one's eyebrows)
to go (come) inside; to step into; to enter
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
near; close by; within reach; familiar
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
entrails; giblets; tripe; offal
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
to throw up (e.g. mud); to splash (up); to flip up; to tip up; to raise sharply (e.g. prices); to hike
cracking sound (e.g. cracking one's knuckles); crunching sound
laborious; arduous; strenuous; painstaking; trying; taxing
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold
bristle; seta; stiff hair; coarse hair
to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
delightful; satisfying; gratifying; brisk; piquant
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
set phrase; stock phrase; conventional expression; usual wording; cliché; clichéd line
narrow-minded; intolerant; petty
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
to torment; to harass; to tease; to extort; to shake down; to demand money
to rip (someone) off; to overcharge; to ask a high price