start; commencement; beginning; initiation
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to smile (at); to grin (at)
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen
chance (of success); odds
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
stepping back; drawing back
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
walking briskly; determinedly
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
slashing a sword diagonally from the shoulder
going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
originally; by nature; from the start
extremely cold feeling that makes one feel numb; sharp pain that is almost numbing; heartrending; touching the heart
gene; fanzine; zine; jeans
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous