lively; vigorous; sprightly; animated; vivid
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
to pick out (with the fingers); to pull out; to throw out (e.g. of a bar); to drag out; to chuck out
self-justification; excuse
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
affiliate; member; entrant; participant; (telephone) subscriber
standardization; standardisation; normalization (e.g. in maths)
being off guard; being defenseless
to be shrewd; to be sharp; to keep your wits about you; (lit.) to pluck out the eye of a live horse
being concentrated on one thing; devoting oneself completely to something
slightest connection; slender connection; sliver (e.g. of hope); one thread
spider's thread; spider silk
creation of heaven and earth
weightlessness; zero gravity
being alone; solitude; loneliness; orphan
faster-than-light speed; super luminal speed
shape of a pillar or column
as if to say; as much as to say; as though
to welter in blood; to be covered in blood
enjoying popularity among the customers
scene change; cutaway; cut
brushwork; handling of one's brush; command of one's pen; penmanship
pneuma (in philosophy); spirit; soul
to approach the finale; to come to a close
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
stratification; hierarchization; layering; tiering
flash (esp. of a camera); flashlight; very short scene in a film or TV show; newsflash
to side with (someone); to support (someone)
taming; gradual habituation; leading to