hideout; secret base of operations; safe house
stock; products; stolen goods; loot; spoils
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
shhh! (sound used when getting someone to shut up); shoo! (sound used to drive animals away)
(face) mask; (facial) features; looks; mask (e.g. for circuit etching)
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
insect catching; bug catching
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
difficult to ...; hard to ...
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
bargain sale; selling cheaply; giving out freely
adult; grown-up; person who has come of age; fully fledged; established; qualified
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
ringing; throbbing violently
cooking; food preparation
absent-mindedly; idly; vacantly; doing nothing
arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)
silence; stillness; quietness
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
crushing (into pieces); smashing; cracking; breaking up
instant; moment; (split) second; (in a) flash; (in the) blink of an eye
to throw into; to dump in together
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
letter affixed to an arrow
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
beyond help; past salvation; incorrigible; irredeemable
anger; rage; resentment; indignation; exasperation