cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
joint (knee, elbow, etc.)
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
brandling (when used as fishing bait)
on the way back; returning
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
coating; film; membrane; tunic (plants); capsule
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
semi-transparent; translucent
smoothly; with a slipping or sliding motion
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
glossy (e.g. hair); sleek; shiny; lustrous
really; truly; indeed; good grief
another thing; exception; special case
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken
name; given name; first name
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
had better ...; had better not ...
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
being afraid of; being fearful; being timid; trembling; shivering
convulsion; cramp; spasm; tic; twitch; fit
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
adenosine triphosphate; ATP
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); plagiarism; rip-off