finely chiseled (features)
virile; tough; masculine; intense
successively; one after another
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
to take command; to give direction
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand
impossible; unlikely; improbable
trend; course of action; directionality; directivity; directional; vectorial
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
while; even though; despite
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
strategy meeting; council of war
stickiness; gumminess; sticky material; clay
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd
core; core; hardcore; all-out
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
orders; instructions; directive; command
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to devour; to bite to death
sitting in circle; round straw mat
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)