scattering; sprinkling; shaking
can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something
disdain; contempt; scorn; abhorrence
to open hostilities; to take up arms (against)
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
self-determination; suicide
number two; second in command
language of the natives; local language; native tongue; dialect; patois
to enclose; to impound; to cut off; to corral
to scrape off; to plane off
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
inquisitive mind; spirit of inquiry; spirit of enquiry
muzzling (a person); preventing (a person) from revealing something; silencing (a person); murdering (a person) to prevent them from revealing something
deep gratitude; overwhelming joy; great happiness
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly
to have gooseflesh (e.g. from cold or horror)
lucid dream; dream in which the dreamer is aware that they are dreaming
with a momentary flash of light
to become conscious; to recover one's senses; to snap out of it
great disaster; horrible tragedy; catastrophe; catastrophic event; catastrophic incident; dire calamity
near-death; close to death
mixing; compounding; dispensing (e.g. prescription)
clean sweep; killing several with one sword sweep
to be able to eat; to be able to swallow
fingering (of a musical instrument)
to incur someone's enmity
shop; small store; business; firm
most interesting part (of a story); climax; good part; scenic spot; beautiful place
receiving (a message, letter, email, etc.); reception (radio, TV, etc.)
to fall apart; to collapse; to be completely defeated (in battle); to be wiped out; (arch.) to fall apart (one's body or health)
condition; situation; prospects
(sound of one's) heartbeat
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
human emotions (joy, anger, grief and pleasure)