burning at the stake; burning to death
commitment; pledge; promise
genuine; real; authentic; full-scale; full-blown; all-out
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
to be confusing; to be different from what one is used to
flaw; defect; problem; inconvenient
it's probably so; it stands to reason
no wonder; little wonder; after all; as expected; which isn't surprising
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
to replace; to substitute; to switch; to move (something); to transfer
stab wound; puncture wound; bite (e.g. from a insect); sting; prick
process; course; mechanism
how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
to mistake one thing for another; to mix up two things; to confuse two things; to misunderstand; to misapprehend
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
figure; body shape; build; somatotype; biotype; habitus
planarian (any flatworm of family Planaria)
lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity
to tear off; to strip off; to rip off; to rob (someone) of (clothes); to divest (someone) of (powers, rank, etc.)
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
to carry; to bring (to a place)
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
replacement; substitution; change; shunting (rail); switching
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
hastily constructed; hastily built; made in a hurry; jerry-built; makeshift
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
order; sequence; procedure
irregular; bad bounce (in tennis); bad hop (in baseball)
muzzling (someone); gagging; forcing (someone) to keep quiet (about something); silencing (someone); killing (someone) to prevent them from revealing something
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; (putting into) practice; execution (of a program); run
aim (of a gun, bow, etc.); aim; object; objective
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
to change direction (of policy, etc.); (lit.) to turn the rudder (of a ship)