food; foodstuff; prey; victim
arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
great debt of gratitude; great obligation
bluntly (refusing, etc.); flatly; out of hand; completely
(shout of) encouragement; cheering; rooting; support
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
prevailing view; common opinion; commonly accepted theory
truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity
to contract; to undertake; to take over; to take responsibility for
pride in one's strength or skill
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
to bend; to wind; to twist; to zig-zag
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime
slander; bad-mouthing; abuse; insult; speaking ill (of)
commonplace; ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; mundane
mental; spiritual; emotional
detour; circumvention; turning movement
to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae); Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
snakelike; snaky; serpentine
snake; serpent; large snake
to differ; to vary; to disagree
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
victim; injured party; sufferer
to raise one's head (esp. of a snake)