irritating; aggravating; upsetting
sacrificial pawn; sacrificed piece; sacrifice
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
unforeseen; unexpected; sudden; accidental
nod; inclination of the head
to turn pale; to lose color; to lose colour
to forgive and forget; to let bygones be bygones; to sweep under the carpet; to wipe the slate clean
panic; scare; alarm; panic; financial panic
open seam; seam that has come apart; tear
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
servile character (disposition)
devotion; dedication; self-sacrifice
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to exercise one's authority as a (noun); to act as a (noun)
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil
to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
child; small person; dwarf; midget; narrow-minded person; mean person
being off guard; being defenseless
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
under control (e.g. of territory)
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
right of control; supremacy; sovereignty
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
bound hand and foot; hedged in (e.g. by restrictions); immobile
crushing; breaking by applying pressure
to gain fame; to make one's name
evading blame for a transgression by pinning it on a subordinate and abandoning them; (lit.) a skink lizard's shedding of its tail
(hurrying along) falling and stumbling; falling all over oneself
destructive blast; blowing up; explosion
mechanism; mechanical parts; jack-in-the-box
to gouge out; to cut out; to scoop out; to bring to light; to reveal
to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
long snake; long line (of people, etc.)
acquaintance; relation; affinity; reason
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically