to assume an air of ...; to act ...; to affect ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
to detest; to abhor; to loathe
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
means; way; method; measure
(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
trembling from fear; trembling all over
world; society; people; the public
to lay (something) face down; to place upside down; to point downwards (one's eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (one's eyes); to lay (oneself) face down; to lie face down; to conceal
to poison (someone); to prepare a poison
rearing from infancy; training from an early age (e.g. an apprentice); teaching from an early stage (e.g. a subordinate)
Bhaisajyaguru; Pindola; The Healing Buddha
demon; devil; -crazed person; -obsessed person; dreaded; terrible
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to be on edge; to be nervous; to be sharp (of a voice, words, etc.); to be harsh
tightly; tautly; (springing, straightening) up; suddenly; intuitively; instinctively
to mash; to grind; to pulverize; to dissipate (a fortune); to run through; to lose
ancestor; forefather; foremother
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited
secret medicine; secret remedy; nostrum; wonder drug; excellent remedy
equal; identical; the same; no different (from); just like; equivalent
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal (e.g. to the public); to urge; to exhort
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation
violent emotion; passion; fury
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
instant; moment; (split) second; (in a) flash; (in the) blink of an eye
to freeze (to something); to be frozen (to); to freeze hard; to freeze completely
dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; struck dumb with astonishment
after a long time; for the first time in a while
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
foreign enemy; outside invader
guilty conscience; feelings of remorse
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
people; men and women; each person; everybody