damp; moist (negative nuance)
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
eight-sided shape; octagon
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia
taking no notice (of); thinking nothing of; disregarding; not aware of; completely ignoring; being out of consideration
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
octagon; star anise (Illicium verum); sailfin poacher (Podothecus sachi)
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
to manage; to control; to supervise; to crack down on; to keep under strict control; to enforce
killing and wounding; bloodshed
man; male; masculine gender
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
comedian; actor who plays comic roles; figure of fun; laughing stock
bottomless; endlessly deep; infinite
being startled; getting a shock
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
severe; strict; tough; hard
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)
familiar (spirit or otherwise magical creature which aids a magician or sorcerer); familiar spirit
strained back; slipped disk; lumbosacral strain
saucer; person (group, institution, etc.) to take over a position or matter; receptacle (e.g. of funds); receiver
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
weakly; helplessly; weak; flimsy; easy to bend
flying; false start; doing something before the arranged time; breaking a street date
bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible