cruel treatment; raw deal; kick in the pants
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
mental image; mental picture; image
to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful
reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another
supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined
quick-witted and agile; keen and nimble
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
blow; shock; strike; batting
singularity; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; specificity
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
from the beginning; from scratch
halfway-done; mediocre; uncertain; half-heartedly; insufficiently
to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
(pair of) compasses; dividers; revolving stage
soft and fair goes far; willows are weak, yet they bind other wood
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
to weave together; to interweave; to intermingle
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
classical form of martial art
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
physical strength; brute strength; arm strength
training; drill; practice; discipline
irritability; feeling of impatience; sense of uneasiness
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
thigh; buttocks; arse; ass
assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; auxiliary; subsidiary
apt to do; liable to do; tend to do; prone to do
to float; to save (on one's expenses); to scrimp; to half-rise, e.g. to one's feet