tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
to close (one's eyes); to shut
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
some people; a few people; several people
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
body; physique; build; stature
dress; attire; clothing; getup; outfit; personal appearance
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
story; tale; talk; discussion
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
in the end; at the end of the day
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
successive generations; successive emperors
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
(after) bouncing around from one place to the next
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
to press for an answer; to shower questions on someone
reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
certain evidence; definite evidence
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
to attempt; to test; to try out
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
if you think about it; come to think of it
natural calamity; disaster
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
solution; solution strategy
to declare; to speak out; to warn; to spit out (words)
sublimation; sublimating (an emotion, impulse, etc.); channelling; diverting
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively