surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
normalcy; normality; normal
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
to thrust away; to send flying
crawling on all fours; getting on one's hands and knees; falling flat
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
wearing armour (armor); counter for suits of armour
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
touching; moving; painful
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
to slay; to cut down (a foe)
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
flat out (of); completely empty; out of money; penniless; broke
be (that) as it may; having said that
to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
retention; maintenance; preservation
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
beating someone up by ganging up on them; facing a barrage of criticism
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
to take a nap; to catch forty winks; to catch some Z's
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
glaring; flaming; fiery; blazing
yoo-hoo; halloo; hi-de-ho; howdy; hey