carving knife; butcher's knife; cleaver; meat chopper
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
to do something with painful reluctance; (lit.) to have one's hair pulled from behind
reserve; spare; note; memorandum; duplicate; copy
to apply the art of resuscitation (in judo, etc.); to breathe life into; to stimulate; to encourage someone
fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment
to chop off; to snip off; to cut off (e.g. a conversation); to fire (a person)
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
sizzling (of cooking meat, fish, etc.); frizzling
to smoke (something); to fumigate; to oxidize; to oxidise
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
amateur as good as a professional
completely exhausted; dog-tired; dreadfully weary; terribly frustrated; limp; weak
killing two birds with one stone
restlessly; in continuous motion
to grab attention; to attract notice; to be eye-catching
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
sublimation; sublimating (an emotion, impulse, etc.); channelling; diverting
steady; sound; reliable; solid
to look toward; to have one's eyes drawn towards something
festival merrymaking; revelry
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
in every nook and corner; from A to Z; from head to toe; from cover to cover
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
to be violated; to be corrupted; to be polluted; to be stained
when; how soon; how long until
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
unnecessary trouble brought upon oneself; stirring up a hornet's nest
reduced drawing; miniature copy; microcosm; microcosmos
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling
trust; confidence; credence
virtuous mind; good intentions; good will; positive mindset; bona fides; good faith
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation