flash (of light); glint; schiller
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to send; to direct; to dispatch (person, car, etc.); to direct (attention); to turn (spotlight, etc. on)
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
(stare or glare with) scornful eyes; reproachful eyes; disgusted eyes
presence; appearance; attendance; visit; going out
to fail to catch; to let slip; to miss
to tuck one's tail between one's legs; to admit defeat; to turn tail (and run)
to boast; to brag; to feign ignorance; to pretend not to know; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
detour; circumvention; turning movement
wide turn; detour; the long way around
to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
clumsy; awkward; unskillful; incompetent; inept; bungling
easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap
one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities
tender; warm; meticulous; detailed; deep (of a colour); thick (e.g. fog)
physical work; manual labour (labor)
while alive; during one's lifetime
to permeate (of a stain, smell, etc.); to become ingrained; to become embedded; to become a deeply ingrained habit; to become second nature
flexibility; pliability; softness; elasticity
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
strict; hidebound; inflexible; being a stickler for the rules; sticking hard and fast to the rules
to kill one's enemy (opponent)
to knock (a person) off his feet; to hit (something) hard; to send (someone) flying
ability; capability; skill
friendly fire; killing each other by mistake; internecine strife
likely to do; liable to do; (quite) capable of doing; may (well) do; might do; could do
to systematize; to organize
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to install; to embed
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
prompt decision; snap judgement; snap judgment
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
to be too late; to be too slow
flexible; lithe; soft; calisthenics
ten-year-old; ten year old
trick; trap; stratagem; intraoperative; during surgery
stuffing; packing; endgame; final stage; end; end (esp. of a bridge); edge
foolishness; silliness; stupidity; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
to mix; to stir; to blend
killing and wounding; bloodshed