thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
to talk down; to corner someone in an argument
origin; source; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison; exit
to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
instructor; (fencing) teacher; model
I don't know about ... but; it may be possible for ... but
expert(ise); skill; dexterity
breath; breathing; tone; mood
to have a reason; to have an excuse
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
to become sulky; to become irresponsible (due to disgruntlement)
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
conversion (to a different religion, denomination, etc.); change (of ideology, interest, taste, etc.); switch
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly
Black Tortoise (god said to rule over the northern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the northern heavens
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
possessing full mastery of an art (e.g. Judo); initiation into the secrets (e.g. of an art); full mastership
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
large and rough; big and tough; unrefined; rustic; extreme; excessive
nod; inclination of the head
eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes; skin round one's eyes