to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
rapid succession (e.g. questions)
being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
to knock down; to utterly defeat
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
selection; choice; option
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
decisive battle of brief duration
to shave off; to scrape off
numerical inferiority; being outnumbered
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
playing to the gallery; showing off; pretence; surface preparation (for painting, etc.); scraping a surface clean
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
living thing; living creature; animal; life
ferocious; fierce; audacious; impudent; shameless
thrusting (a spear, etc.)
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
full stomach; filling one's stomach; eating one's fill; complete; total; full
extremely gruesome; lurid; violent; bloody; fierce
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
the lone woman (e.g. bright flower) in a group
pretense; affectation; showiness
bright white (esp. for snow and ice); brilliant white
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
tip of an ear (of wheat, etc.); tip (of a brush, spear, etc.); point; spearhead
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
to suspend between two points; to build (a bridge, etc.); to put up on something (e.g. legs up on table)
(one's) handling of the reins; how well one controls things
skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening
to be highhanded; to be arrogant; to be overbearing