retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
to slip out; to steal out; to excel; to stand out
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
to get twisted; to get crooked; to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.); to become warped; to become troubled; to become complicated
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
to project; to stick out; to stand out
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)
degree; extent; (health) condition; state of health; adjustment; moderation; addition and subtraction
epidermis; cuticle; bark; epidermis; facade
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
deeply (stab, thrust, etc.); hard
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat
to save trouble; to save effort; to save hassle; to save bother; to save time
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
silver; silver colour; (fig.) snow
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
creakingly; squeakingly; tightly (squeezing, pressing, etc.); (drinking) all in one sweep
to writhe; to squirm; to wriggle
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
hedgehog (any mammal of family Erinaceidae)
skewer; spit; skewering; impalement; running through (e.g. with spear)