release; emission; ejection
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
naturally; of course; understandably
influenced (by); under an influence
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
considerably; greatly; a lot
to shut out one's opponents; to stop the other side from scoring
two persons; two people; pair; couple
until now; so far; up to the present
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
without leaving any trace
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
same village; same town; same province
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use