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The left heel followed like lightning, and the right paw also slipped, letting the bear again fall heavily on the ice below.
THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNEAnd with another bow the man from Paris drew himself erect, turned on his heel, and went jingling and creaking from the room.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINIWith which magnanimous sentiment he turned on his clumsy heel, and entered his apartment again.
CHECKMATEJOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANUHe believes, he has an instinct, that here is the heel of the German Colossus, otherwise immune to our arrows.
GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTONBut her small boot heel did not make an indenture, not a mark upon the little glittering circlet.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPINA handkerchief, once red, with polka spots, contained a ragged flannel shirt and a stocking-heel tied with a piece of tape.
A LOST HEROELIZABETH STUART PHELPS WARD AND HERBERT D. WARDWhile we were packing grub and bedding on Piegan's extra horse, Lyn joined us, wrapped from head to heel in a yellow slicker.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIRLeo stamped down the fire with his heel and the Girl flung the flower-wreaths out of sight, shuddering as she did so.
KIPLING STORIES AND POEMS EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW, BOOK IIRUDYARD KIPLINGThis failure came as a bitter blow to the keen young soldier, who, after reading Homer, already imagined himself an Achilles.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISON“Yes—tea,” answered the traveller with the keen grey eyes, turning, and poking the fire with the heel of his boot.
THE FLOATING LIGHT OF THE GOODWIN SANDSR.M. BALLANTYNEWORDS RELATED TO ACHILLES HEEL
- Achilles heel
- appetite
- blemish
- chink in armor
- debility
- decrepitude
- deficiency
- delicacy
- enervation
- failing
- faintness
- fault
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- flaw
- foible
- fondness
- fragility
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- gap
- impairment
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- impotence
- inclination
- inconstancy
- indecision
- infirmity
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- invalidity
- irresolution
- lack
- languor
- lapse
- liking
- passion
- penchant
- powerlessness
- predilection
- proclivity
- prostration
- senility
- shortcoming
- soft spot
- sore point
- taste
- vice
- vitiation
- vulnerability
- Achilles heel
- appetite
- blemish
- chink in armor
- debility
- decrepitude
- deficiency
- delicacy
- enervation
- failing
- faintness
- fault
- feebleness
- flaw
- fondness
- fragility
- frailty
- gap
- impairment
- imperfection
- impotence
- inclination
- inconstancy
- indecision
- infirmity
- instability
- invalidity
- irresolution
- lack
- languor
- lapse
- liking
- passion
- penchant
- powerlessness
- predilection
- proclivity
- prostration
- senility
- shortcoming
- soft spot
- sore point
- taste
- vice
- vitiation
- vulnerability
- Achilles heels
- appetites
- blemishes
- chink in armors
- debilities
- decrepitude
- deficiencies
- delicacies
- enervation
- failings
- faintness
- faults
- feebleness
- flaws
- fondness
- fragilities
- frailties
- gaps
- impairments
- imperfections
- impotence
- inclinations
- inconstancies
- indecision
- infirmities
- instabilities
- invalidities
- irresolution
- lacks
- languors
- lapses
- likings
- passions
- penchant
- powerlessness
- predilections
- proclivities
- prostrations
- senility
- shortcomings
- soft spots
- sore points
- tastes
- vices
- vitiation
- vulnerabilities
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.