parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct
mangy cur; low animal; beast
figure; body shape; build; somatotype; biotype; habitus
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge
around the neck; neck size (measurement)
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
carriage; poise; bearing; demeanor; movement (of the body)
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
dark brown; colour of tanned skin
uneven; irregular; non-uniform; unsorted; odd; miscellaneous
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
because of; owing to; due to
to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)
shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom
to begin to fall (rain, etc.)
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
bryophyte (any of three groups of non-vascular land plants, incl. mosses, hornworts and liverworts)
encroachment; erosion; corrosion
taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)
cracks or fissures in the ground
destruction; collapse; crumbling
calamity; disaster; misfortune
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil