manageable; tractable; easy to care for; easy to deal with; easy to handle
mostly involve; principally involve
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
pastime; hobby; favorite amusement; dissipation; debauchery; loose living
to move back; to draw back; to lessen; to subside; to resign; to retire
to stay (at); to stop (at)
sword; dagger; knife; bayonet
disorder; disturbance; unrest
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
a lot; many; (not) much; (not) many; almost (none)
to face each other; to be opposite one another; to be in opposition; to conflict
to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
walk; walking; (arch.) foot messenger (of a town, village, etc.)
pure; innocent; naive; unspoilt; pure-hearted; ingenuous
initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor
heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)
(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
to draw (a bow) to the limit; to pull tight; to squeeze tight; to strain (voice)
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
pipe; tube; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining
to grimace; to make a wry face
attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of
locking sword to sword (in a duel) and pushing; fierce, close-fought competition
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
virtually empty; quite empty; inadequately defended; defenseless; defenceless
to bend; to warp; to curve
way out; means to escape; escape route
the (four) limbs; arms and legs
flexible; lithe; soft; pliable
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade somebody or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off
hey there; I say; see here
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
firmly; plentifully; with all one's might
in that way; like that; that way
reflexively; reflectively; by reflex
childish; child-like; immature; infantile