empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
hand used like a sword in striking
(opening of) a wound; (mouth of a) wound; cut
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
to turn pale; to lose color; to lose colour
light; lamp; baiting deer with a lighted torch
moving; touching; stirring
sisterly love; affection between sisters
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
reigning; controlling; dictating
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
to collapse into; to flop onto
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
for the first time in one's life
anger; rage; resentment; indignation; exasperation
annihilation (of particle and anti-particle)
imagination; supposition; guess
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
last chapter (book, etc.)
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
two (long cylindrical things)
to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate
specialization; specialisation
other; another; over; more than; I; me
obstinate; stubborn; headstrong
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
most difficult; next to impossible
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
contract (entered into on the basis of a promise or previous agreement); formal agreement; contract at hand
how long; how far; how much