self-satisfied look; triumphant expression
victory or defeat; victory and defeat
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
to fold up; to fold into layers
to inlay; to set; to stud (e.g. star-studded sky); to enchase (something) with; to mount (gems)
match (contest); to match with; to go well with
noble; lofty; high-minded; virtuous; upright
risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
entreaty; supplication; petition
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
short sword; dagger; stiletto; hour hand (of a clock)
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)
exactly as stated; verbatim
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
posing; modeling; modelling
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
to be caught in a trap (snare, etc.); to fall for (a trick, ambush, etc.)
interruption; suspension; break
with intense concentration; eagerly; intently; devouringly
to bake; to plate; to print; to burn into one's memory; to sear into one's consciousness
to happen to have on hand or in stock
bloodshot eyes; (doing something in a) frenzy
to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer
innermost depths of one's heart
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook