pieces; scraps; disconnected
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
extinction; annihilation; destruction
too-good-to-be-true offers (e.g. scams and frauds); too-good-to-be-true stories
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
mediation; agency; carrying (germs, diseases, etc.); transmission; mediation
one's just deserts; one's just desserts; one's just reward; what one deserves; comeuppance
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
to sob convulsively; to heave with sobs
to squeeze out; to wring out
to beg forgiveness; to ask for someone's pardon; to ask for permission
looking someone in the eyes; taking a straight look at something
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink
since some time or another; since who-knows-when
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
to stir; to churn; to rummage around; to throw into confusion; to throw into chaos
setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
to look down on (someone); to make fun of; to put down; to treat with contempt; to underestimate
to cringe with fear; to cower with fright; to be terribly afraid
to get angry; to lose one's temper
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
to walk noisily; to walk loudly
dispersing; breaking up; running away
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
best; extra-fine; superfine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; by far
gentlemanly; well-mannered; well-bred; gentlemanlike
bad smell; affectation; fulsomeness
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
having vague fears; feeling alarmed; feeling gloomy (about the future); feeling apprehension
to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite
to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)