skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)
every person; each one; everybody
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
strong person; the strong; the powerful
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
partly burned charcoal; (arch.) servant boy at a brothel or teahouse
to thrust away; to send flying
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
to pierce through; to break through
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break
suicide attack; kamikaze attack
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
revival from the brink of death; recovering from a hopeless situation; resuscitation; revitalization
to put oneself in (situation, environment, etc.); to surround oneself with
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
to use excessively; to use too much; to spend too much; to overwork someone
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
to be lacking a trump card; to be lacking conclusive evidence
one's weak point; one's sore spot; raw nerve
manageable; tractable; easy to care for; easy to deal with; easy to handle
the whole town; all over the town; throughout the town