tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
to cower in fear; to be scared; to be nervous
middle of a field; middle of a country; field of contest
somehow; in some way; for some reason; faintly; vaguely
to dry up (spring, pond, etc.); to run out
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes)
lapis lazuli; lapis lazuli (color); beryl; mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail); glass
to make someone cry; to move someone to tears; to grieve
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
responsibility; liability; blame; torture; torment; persecution
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
vengeance; revenge; retaliation
feeling chilly; nervous; anxious; frightened
like this; in this way; as you see
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
to not take seriously; to take lightly
imitative sound (in film, theatre, etc.); sound effect
to be elated; to be excited; to be caught up in the moment; to be carried away; to get cocky
gentle (nature, personality, etc.); mild; quiet; moderate (statement, measure, etc.); mild; temperate
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
sliding feet; shuffling (one's feet); moving legs forward with feet never leaving the ground (exercise)
coward; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast; good-for-nothing
mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion
role of a villain (film, drama, etc.); bad-guy role; social outcast role
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
cook-house; galley; kitchen
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
place hidden from view; cover; shelter; hiding place
unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool
to act tough; to act bad; to act worse than one really is
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
sole (of a shoe); sole (fish)
fair and square; open and aboveboard
in the end; at the end of the day
to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out
furthermore; besides; moreover; in addition; further; above or beyond this
pick; plectrum; ice pick; pickaxe; pick (of an ice axe); pick (tool for picking a lock)