isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
maintenance; preservation; improvement
memory; sense; experience
inexperienced; unfamiliar (with); unversed; lacking experience
to force one's way; to push through
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
to step on (a nail); to run (a nail) through one's foot; to put one's foot through (the floor)
following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with
boisterously; roughly; briskly
(not) even when using ...; (not) even with the help of ...; (not) even by ...
skill; proficiency; experience; dexterity
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
king; monarch; ruler; champion
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
to be overawed; to be overpowered; to lose the mental battle
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
tailspin; spin; drilling; boring
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
pride; dignity; self-respect
going into a frenzy; flying into a rage
to freeze (from fear); to be unable to (too frightened to) run
finishing blow; coup de grâce
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
unjustified; unwarranted; unfounded; baseless; groundless
common; commonplace; reckless; pulp paper; granulated sugar; (arch.) coins
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
creed; belief; conviction; article of faith
to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; (lit.) to grab by the tail
proficient; skillful; enjoying; satisfaction; satiation