to resort to violence; to perform a drastic act
motherland; fatherland; native country
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
to melt (and become soft or liquid); to be enchanted (by); to be charmed; to be bewitched
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
worker; breadwinner; supporter; able person; able man; productive worker
metabolism; renewal; regeneration; replacing the old with the new
virile; tough; masculine; intense
good young man; agreeable youth
to cut and even up; to cut several pieces to the same size
surely; certainly; without doubt
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
you could say; you might say; verging on the
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
bursting with youth and energy (esp. young woman); vivaciously young; (fish) jumping around energetically (e.g. when caught in a net); bursting (e.g. seams); tight; splattering (e.g. cooking oil)
to be rejuvenated; to feel young again
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
silence; stillness; quietness
wild; in disarray; harum-scarum; hysteric
young girl; lass; adolescent female
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
bent back; indecisive attitude; timidity; lack of nerve
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
divine punishment; wrath of God; justice of heaven; suitable punishment; just deserts; come-uppance
frantic dash; rushing at full speed
ill will; malice; evil intent
being good at cooking; good cook
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
running as fast as one can
fixed number (of people); prescribed number (of regular personnel, students, etc.); quota; capacity (of a bus, boat, theatre, etc.); seating capacity
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough
exercise to help digestion
nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich