that kind; competition; match
battlefield; battleground
to overdo; to go to excess; to indulge; to act licentiously
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires
before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
curved sword (e.g. a scimitar, shamshir, etc.); curved blade
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
ramification; branching off
to paint; to spread; to plaster; to apply (cream, lotion); to smear; to lacquer
bending; warping; flexibility; pliability
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
hey!; c'mon!; pushy; overbearing; self-assured
to catch fire; to be ignited; to ignite; to flare up (of an emotion, controversy, etc.); to blaze; to be ignited (of a dispute, commotion, etc.)
striking; remarkable; considerable
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
stringlike; thready; linear; filamentous; filiform
optional; voluntary; arbitrary; arbitrary
forming; shaping; casting; molding; adult form
blow; shock; strike; batting
to become familiar with; to get used to; to become accustomed to; to come to fit; to go (well) with; to suit
soft; tender; gentle; mild; light (topic, book, etc.); informal
feel (of something); touch; texture; feeling; impression
to be entwined; to be involved
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
strange; unconventional; eccentric; odd; odd number
to backfire; to have a harmful result
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon