playing to the gallery; showing off; pretence; surface preparation (for painting, etc.); scraping a surface clean
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
rough; rowdy; wild; rough person; rowdy person
twist; spin; ingenuity; sophistication (e.g. of writing style); wrapped offering (of money); twisting throw
servant; manservant; menial
to cause to swell; to inflame
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
to search for; to seek for; to look for
one of these days; someday; one day
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
to go past; to pass; to pass by
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard; to refuse curtly; to reject outright
ardent; passionate; vehement
crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
farewell; be that so; in that case; (arch.) however; (arch.) though that may be the case
to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to be near (a certain age)
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember
to become settled; to be fixed
aeroplane; airplane; aircraft
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
to subsist; to keep on living
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness