painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
endurance; perseverance; patience
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
meticulous; careful; discreet; scrupulous; prudent
to fly about; to jump about; to bustle about
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
two places; two spots; two locations; two parts; two passages
gap; break; pause; interval; cut; incision
fast approach; quick intimacy
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
dark red; dark brown; reddish brown
wale (on the skin); welt; weal
ugly; unattractive; bad-looking; unsightly; unseemly; disgraceful
nape (of the neck); nucha
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
(one's) master; (one's) employer; leader (of a country, group, etc.); head; Lord; main thing
distributing board (panel); switchboard
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
dull sound; muffled sound
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
girls college (esp. in names of Christian schools)
(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)
steel; steal (baseball, basketball)
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
at least; at most; (even) just
with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can