to narrow; to reduce; to contract
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
hedgehog (any mammal of family Erinaceidae)
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
person of mixed parentage; crossbreed; Eurasian; hybrid; crossbreed
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
to drive away; to scatter; to rout
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
to make the sign of the cross; to bless oneself; to cross oneself
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
thousands; several thousand
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
(making, launching) concentrated attack (on, against)
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
to sleep like a log; to sleep deeply
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
to prostrate oneself before
to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
at once; immediately; right now
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
valley floor; bottom of a gorge; bottom of a ravine
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
weeping; sobbing; softly (crying); with a prolonged dull pain; having a griping pain
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently