ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility
incompetent; have no merit
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
being particular (about); being fussy; being picky; being choosy; being fastidious
likes and dislikes; tastes; preferences; pickiness (esp. about food); choosiness; fussiness
to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat
to pat (e.g. a dog); to rub; to stroke; to fondle; to caress
front and rear; before and after; order; sequence; consequences; context
to fling off; to throw off; to cast aside; to abandon; to throw to the winds
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
to fight to the bitter end
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit
disliking a certain food without having tried it; disliking something without having tried it; being prejudiced against; having an instinctive aversion to
to make (a thundering sound); to let resound; to make (one's name, etc.) widely known; to make (one's heart) pound; to throb
self-respect; prudence; not acting rashly; taking care of oneself; being careful with one's health
full operation (e.g. of a factory, machine, reactor); full strength; full speed
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
slow; sluggish; dull; lax (regulation, handling, etc.); slack; sloppy
means of transportation; transport service
to collapse; to flop (onto)
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
throwing oneself (e.g. into the water to commit suicide)
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
to lose one's mind; to lose control of oneself
skewering; skewered food; piercing (and killing; with a spear, etc.); impaling; running through
completely; entirely; totally
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
to cut down (grass, etc.; by swinging a sickle, scythe, etc.); to mow
to shun; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of (esp. one's health)
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good
one's appearance; clothing; costume; dress
degeneration; retrogression; atrophy; regression (e.g. of society); deterioration; degeneration
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
to nip (something) in the bud
blood relative; close relation; (one's) flesh and blood; flesh and blood; the body
talking in delirium; delirious talk; delirious utterances; nonsense; rubbish; silly talk
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally