to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
daring; fearless; intrepid; bold; tough
living thing; living creature; animal; life
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
night air; stillness of night; cool evening
to drive a wedge into (e.g. enemy defences); to wedge apart
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
empty threat; bluff; paper tiger
heat haze; shimmer of hot air
(nature of a) crime; (criminal) charge
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
to rock; to shake; to swing
ripple; ring on the water; repercussions; Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound
fungal filament; hypha; hyphae
to spread one's roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.)
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
to reflect; to throw back light
with a click; with a snap
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive