Vocabulary

to do with enthusiasm; to be excited to do; to throw oneself into

to gain strength; to gather momentum; to be encouraged; to be heartened; to be invigorated; to take heart

to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low

to be reduced to (e.g. poverty); to end up as

to rise (suddenly) in the world (to a higher position)

to clear up

to be purified; to be cleansed

to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off

to grow (of plants); to spring up

to live long; to survive

to bury (someone) alive

to be born (with); to be born (to be); to be destined

to be reborn; to be reincarnated; to be born again

to lay; to spawn

to become vigorous; to gain force; to become more active

to unload

to criticize harshly; to blame; to accuse; to grill

to become red; to redden; to blush

to blush; to redden

to cut downward; to slash downward

to cut open (a tied bundle); to release (prisoners)

to manage; to control; to run; to handle

to cut open

to miss in attempting to kill

to cut and enlarge; to enlarge by cutting

to cut (into two or more pieces)

to open up waste land for cultivation

to cut off

to cross swords (with)

to attack and scatter; to argue vehemently

to destroy; to kill off (trees)

to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince

to cut up small

to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword

to cut down all; to slash promiscuously

to cut off; to cut out

to cut down an enemy

to cut and prepare (stones)

to piece together; to mortise; to miter; to dovetail

to cut and even up; to cut several pieces to the same size