英和和英

to pare one's nails

break one's pencil

（a pair of） pincers―a claw-hammer

a stick

to nick

a tail cut short

to burst one's bonds

a clipper used to cut nails

to pull out a nail―draw a nail

to pull out a nail―extract a nail

to drive a nail

break one's duck

to pare a nail to the quick

to burst one's bonds

a comb-cutter

to pull out a thorn

to give one a cut between the eyes

bend the rod

break the jinx

shake dice

wind up broke

break siege

nip off the shoots

blunt the knives

take out stitches

ply an axe

whittle down a stick

sharpen the knives

scrape off scales

break bounds