tearing limb from limb; tearing apart; cutting (a person) to pieces
cutting to pieces; tearing to pieces
cutting (cloth, paper, etc.); judgement; judgment; decision
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
thorough; exhaustive; complete
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
to atone for; to expiate; to redeem; to make up for; to compensate for
decision; judgment; resolution
small pieces; fragments; chopped meat; scraps (of beef, pork, etc.)
to draw (something) toward one; to pull toward one; to pull closer; to attract; to draw; to entice
frequently; often; (staring) fixedly; narrowly; closely
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
to break into fragments; to go to pieces
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
queen; female monarch; queen consort; consort of a king; queen; princess
ear (of a cereal plant); head; point (of a brush, spear, etc.); tip; crest (of a wave); scion (in grafting)
ferrule (of a cane, umbrella, etc.); butt end (of a lance, pike, etc.); hard tip (of a mushroom stem)
sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string
ability; performance; efficiency
infiltration (of a liquid); permeation; spread (of a political ideology, etc.)
balance of power (in a relationship); power dynamic
north wall; north face (of a mountain)
decrepitude; (being) rickety; (state of) falling apart; looseness (in machinery); play
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
throw; throwing; throwing event (e.g. javelin, discus, shot put)
nonchalant air; unruffled air
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
end of life; death; breathing one's last
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
point of uncertainty; unclarified issue; doubt
to uncover; to solve; to reveal
three persons; three parties
strict order; peremptory command
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
to be indicated as the winner of a bout by the raising of the referee's fan; to be declared the winner
to put oneself in (situation, environment, etc.); to surround oneself with
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on