to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
round; spherical; circular
split; division; break up
spy; secret agent; spying
smooth; undisturbed; uninterrupted; harmonious
voice; speech; phone (as opposed to a phoneme); speech sound; audio; sound (as opposed to the picture)
daily employment; hiring by the day; day laborer; day labourer
unskilled labor; simple labor; menial job
permission; approval; authorization; license
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb; produced at an unorthodox location
(blue-collar) worker; laborer; labourer
refugee; displaced person; person inconvenienced by (lack of something, etc.); person unable to satisfactorily (marry, shop, etc.); person who is stuck (in a place or situation)
piling up; multiple layers
halo (esp. in Christian art); nimbus
cross; cross shape; sign of the cross
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
Catholic priest; abbe; reverend father; minister; padre
body; group; party; gang; troupe; troop
stopping (of a train, car, etc.); stop
entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with
daily supplies; daily necessities; household items; housewares
to well up; to burst; to arise
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
Merrill; Meril; Merill; Merril; Meryl
to dart around (of one's eyes); to be shifty
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
to vent one's frustration; to relieve one's pent-up anger; to let off one's pent-up feelings; to let off steam
my goodness!; good lord!; holy cow!
word; (arch.) waka (classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka)
trivial matter; trifling thing; something ordinary
lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth