abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)
show; exhibition; spectacle
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous
utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus
to point (gun at); to hold under one's nose
to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply
sentiment; sentimentality
unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
instruments of punishment
right in the middle (of); midst; height
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
to throw open; to leave open
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship
to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers); weight (as used in balances)
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
form of torture in which the victim kneels on triangular wedges and stone slabs are placed on their lap
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
faint; trance; swoon; stupefaction
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)
life-size; life-sized; true-to-life; faithful (depiction); realistic
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
tenets (of a religious sect); doctrines; (religious) sect; denomination; one's principles; one's tastes
questions and answers; dialogue
death penalty; capital punishment
to mediate; to intervene; to smooth
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go