affectation; showiness; pretence
function; facility; faculty; feature
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
end; tip; extremities; terminal
jingling; jangling; clinking; lasciviously; coquettishly
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
rope; cord; policeman's rope
snakelike; snaky; serpentine
to raise one's head (esp. of a snake)
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
fierce; intense; severe; violent; strong; vehement
to pin down; to immobilize; to immobilise; to control; to suppress
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
black lustre; black luster
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
as before; as ever; as it was originally
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
young girl; lass; adolescent female
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
metallic sound; metallic clank
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
to squash; to crush; to flatten
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
handle; grip; stalk (of a mushroom, leaf, etc.)
power; might; authority; influence
reduction by half; halving
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back