shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
be (that) as it may; having said that
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
a line; a streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident); (arch.) the same logic
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
to get cracked; to develop a crack; to be fissured
to crack; to develop a crack
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
encroachment; erosion; corrosion
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife
to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation; to divide exactly (without remainder); to divide evenly
this (very thing); this precisely
root; source; origin; cause
effect; efficacy; validity; potency
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
magic (illusion); conjuring; magic trick; conjuring trick; sleight of hand
explanation (of a text, phrase, etc.); lecture; explanation (in a pompous fashion); (long-winded) lecture; (arch.) storytelling
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
well done!; good job!; good work!; you did it!; bravo!
to shake and untangle; to shake free from
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
sense of helplessness; feeling of powerlessness
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
to incur someone's enmity
before one knows; unnoticed; unawares
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
to win through (e.g. to finals); to advance
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
to achieve; to win; to gain; to attain
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
neck; head; dismissal; discharge