being startled; getting a shock
hinge; joint (esp. an anatomical joint)
to quieten down; to fall silent; to cease activities; to become inactive; to lie low
primness; putting on airs; prim person; clear soup
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
the place for; the time for; the level of
years gone by; earlier years; former years; the past
antiquity; the previous era
staunch; hardcore; dyed-in-the-wool; metal reinforcement
one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that
tens of thousands of years
hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8
weeping; sobbing; softly (crying); with a prolonged dull pain; having a griping pain
that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go
signature move (assoc. with a martial artist, wrestler, etc.); finishing move
human realm; world of humans; terrestrial world
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
significant; useful; meaningful; worthwhile; valuable; of interest
to fight to the last (death)
noble; lofty; high-minded
person with low tastes; uncultured person; worldly person; ordinary person (who has not entered the priesthood); layperson; layman
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
phantasmagoric; protean; shape-shifting; kaleidoscopic; capable of ever-changing appearance
reflexively; reflectively; by reflex
eight (long cylindrical things)
skewering; skewered food; piercing (and killing; with a spear, etc.); impaling; running through
to be choppy (of waves); to be rough; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to beat fast (of a heart); to be in turmoil; to be in discord
clergyman; churchman; clergy
affectation; showiness; pretence
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
to manipulate (someone); to make (someone) dance to one's tune; to lead astray; to make (someone) dance; to let dance
uneasy feeling; sense of anxiety; malaise
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
to slap; to strike; to spank
to skin (one's knee); to graze; to scratch
(turned out) all right in the end
positive (e.g. thinking); positive; positive (pole); anode
atonement; the Atonement (of Jesus Christ)
to be reduced to (e.g. poverty); to end up as