memento (from a dead person); souvenir; keepsake; orphan; posthumous child
several (objects, usu. from two to six)
to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
wood (for building); lumber; timber
broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens
to scatter; to blow about; (arch.) to spread a rumor; (arch.) to talk around
to see everything; to see all; to abandon; to give up; to sell at a loss; to sell off
hollow; cavity; dent; depression
pathetic; sad; sorrowful; grievous
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
to be lacking a trump card; to be lacking conclusive evidence
matter of time; question of time
cutting through cloth; sound of cutting through cloth; shrieking sound; woman's scream; cry of the lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
look of death; shadow of death
to push aside; to brush or thrust aside; to remove; to get rid of
desperation; struggle to the death
shaft (e.g. in a mine); pit
wet and glistening; slimy; slippery; to have a sheen; to be slimy
smelling burnt; tasting burnt; having a burnt smell
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
mark (for quick identification or recognition); sign; landmark; guide; (arch.) trademark
to be dizzy; to be disoriented; to be dazzled; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.)
to clamber; to climb with hands and feet; to crawl up; to creep up
aperture; bore; calibre; caliber
to be torn off; to come off
excretion; discharge; excrement
construction at top speed
roots of grass; (fig.) places hidden from sight; grassroots (e.g. of a political party); rank and file
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
to defy; to disobey; to rebel against; to oppose; to resist
to be unable to understand; to baffle one's understanding; to be beyond one's comprehension
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
great cause; moral law; justice
something extremely light; feather of a large bird
dignity; majesty; sanctity
pride; boast; credit (to)
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)