calm; serenity; tranquillity; tranquility
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
flying; leaping; zero; naught; flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo); running out of points (zero or fewer)
main question; real issue at hand
very early in the morning; so early in the morning; at this ungodly hour
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
wherein; therein; thereinto
far and away the best; the very best; cream of the crop; crème de la crème; decisive lead; commanding lead
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
one thin flat object; one sheet
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
to return a blow repeat; to turn back; to rewhip; to plow up; to plough up; to come and retreat
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens
pulverization; pulverisation; smashing; demolishing
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
on the bone (meat, etc.); unboned; skeletal system; skeleton
chicken; coward; scaredy-cat; chicken
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
the same as always; day after day
gooseberry; currant; plants from the Ribes genus
single word; a few words; brief comment
to part left and right; to open out
the 10 precepts; Ten Commandments; Decalogue; Decalog
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
difficult to ...; hard to ...