men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
clever; shrewd; canny; smart; quick; prompt
(as alike as) two peas in a pod
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
archaic word; obsolete word; old saying; old adage; old language; ancient language
sticky; thick (e.g. thickly plastered); ikky; to stick closely
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
originally; by nature; from the start
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
yoke; constraints; oppression
to concentrate one's effort (on something)
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
to be too late; to be too slow
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse; to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
to mix; to blend; to combine
shrill voice; piercing cry; shriek; scream
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
honorific affix; honorific prefix
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
hateful; detestable; loathsome
sudden drop; sharp fall; nosedive; swoop
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
shielding; sheltering; screening; shading; masking
in succession; one after another
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
to bash; to hit hard; to strike; to beat (someone in battle)
resistance (e.g. to antibiotics); tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
sound; noise; acoustics; reverberation; echo; audio
cave; hollow; cavity; hollow