brave figure; valiant figure; heroic figure; gallant figure
spine; backbone; spinal column
functional beauty; beauty of function; simplicity and elegance of design
to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
chunk; lump; thick slice; cutting into chunks
spinal fluid; gray matter; grey matter
jellied fish or meat broth
torture to death; torment to death
waste meat; meat scraps; offal
concentration (of efforts, forces, etc.); gathering together; regimentation; marshalling; mobilization
oil; petroleum; oil; lubricant; (cooking) oil; (massage) oil; ointment
to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy; to accompany; to go with; to associate with (someone); to mix with
tag (children's game); tig
to attack; to assault; to assail
(piece of) rope; ordinary method
shamelessly; acting brazenly unaffected; being resigned to (disgrace)
spirit world; underworld; the next world
ghost; revenant; spirit (of the dead); departed soul
molding; moulding; shaping; modelling (i.e. plastic arts); modeling
uncanny valley (hypothesis about humanoid robots)
Not a word to anyone; Mum's the word
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
very important person; VIP
doing whatever one pleases
sales pitch; sales lure; catchphrase
bustling; shuffling; squirming; creepy crawly
violence by weight of numbers; tyranny of the majority
to order; to command; to appoint
to come to (in the end); to end in; to attribute; to blame
checking answers (e.g. to homework problems); verifying one's answers
worst of the worst; despicable; extremely bad
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass