inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
life-and-death matter; an emergency or crisis where survival is threatened
declaration; statement; proclamation
small castle projecting from a larger castle; tower projecting from a larger castle
directly under; falling perpendicularly
base; bag; sack; fortress; stronghold
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
great rival; powerful enemy; archenemy
precipice; cliff; flat head
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
to want; to seek; to request
in case of; at that time; at this time
Breathless (1960 film); À bout de souffle
to be driven into a corner; to be left with nowhere to turn; to be in a dilemma; to be unable to go forward or backward; to be stranded; to get stuck
certain; sure; no doubt; reliable; dependable
self-respect; self-confidence; guts; backbone; pride; drive
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
person that annoys or causes trouble; false alarm
to rebuke; to scold harshly
causing a stir; causing a commotion; making a fuss; troublemaker; person who causes a stir
famous; celebrated; worthy of the name
Yamato Takeru; 12th Emperor of Japan, who dressed as a maidservant in a successful plot to kill the leaders of the Kumaso tribe in Kumamoto
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
feeling (much) obliged; being (very) grateful; feeling sorry (for troubling someone); feeling ashamed (e.g. of an error); (arch.) shrinking back in fear
to bend (the truth); to distort; to yield (a point); to depart (from a principle); to pawn
(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious
to fall off; to tumble down
to skin (one's knee); to graze; to scratch
to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into
to move (house); to change residence
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
body; physical system; (the) person
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
for dear life; barely escaping alive
example; simile; metaphor; allegory