savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
helmet (of a warrior); headpiece
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
tendency; trend; inclination
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
cleavage (between breasts)
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to follow; to shadow; to hanker after; to hover around
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
thought; consideration; thinking
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
barren land; sterile soil; wasteland
to live through; to survive
murder; killing; murderer
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
minimum; minuscule; local minimum
phantasmagoric; protean; shape-shifting; kaleidoscopic; capable of ever-changing appearance
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
back to back; discord; feud; opposite sides of the same coin
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
spider's thread; spider silk
to intertwine; to twist together
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
valley; ravine; cleavage (breasts); slum
flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely
to attack a routed enemy; to sink the boot into; to pour salt on a wound
twist; spin; ingenuity; sophistication (e.g. of writing style); wrapped offering (of money); twisting throw
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen