merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience
to take candy from a baby; to accomplish something with ease; (lit.) to twist a baby's arm
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
surely (not); certainly (not)
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
one's face turning pale (ashen); the color being drained from one's face
don't be absurd; that's out of the question; nonsense; don't mention it
hilt (of a sword); haft (of a dagger); handle; handgrip
this family; we; this house
to bend (with great force); to twist; to wrench; to distort (the truth)
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
territory; fiefdom; feudal domain
wriggling; squirming; maneuvering; mischief; despicable acts
to trick someone (into confirming or revealing the truth); to ask a leading question
to be cleared of a charge
without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
cool; indifferent; apathetic; cold; cold-hearted; heartless
to stay (at); to stop (at)
solid; firm; steady; unshakeable; unwavering
to drive into; to ride into; to extend (a railway line, bus route, etc.) into; to link (a railway line) with; to join up with (a separate line)
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
to succeed; to bear fruit
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
unique; distinctive; novel; different color (colour)
unexpected; contrary to expectations; by chance; casual
exceedingly; extremely; exceptionally; unexpectedly
readiness to die; (in the) face of death
epilogue; postscript; envoi
(nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive; proper place to die; dilemma; predicament