impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
defense; defence; protection
to use and then throw away
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
depending on; dependent on
to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes
to begin to dance; to break into a dance
to disturb; to upset; to ruffle; to stir up; to mess up
creeping (of an insect, etc.); crawling; restlessly; fidgeting; hesitantly; slowly
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
encroachment; invasion; erosion (e.g. of market share, rights); erosion; corrosion
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
frizzy (hair); wiry; sizzling; frizzling; stingingly (of heat or cold); painfully
to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile
attendant; valet; servant; follower
to take (someone) along; to bring along; to be accompanied by
yen (currency of Japan); circle
geoglyph (drawing on the ground)
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light; person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake
to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list)
to arise; to break out; to well up; to burst
to mow down; to cut down; to slash (horizontally); to make a clean sweep; to sweep away; to brush away
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
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
brilliant; bright; dazzling
tyranny; abuse of power; violence (e.g. of a storm)
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone