(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
invisibly; secretly; privately
to thrust away; to send flying
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
to clear away; to clear land; to prune; to lop off
hold; catch; connection; relationship; unease; discomfort
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
behind; in the rear; in back
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
farming implement; farm tools
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
ruler; monarch; sovereign
oppression; tyranny; despotism
to be taken for granted; to be generally accepted; to be the established wisdom; to be the (social) convention; to be the customary thing to do
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
one thin flat object; one sheet
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort