strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; not knowing the true nature
quiver; quaver; flutter; statistical fluctuation
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
devoted; self-sacrificing
licentious; profligate; dissipated; riotous; wild
palm (of one's hand); skill; (in one's) grip; (under one's) control; one's (concealed) intentions; one's cards
sharpness; sharp weapon; blade; fine soldier
reduction; curtailment; cut; cutback; scaling down; contraction
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
to decline (of morals, character, etc.); to become vulgar (e.g. of a conversation); to stoop (to); to be ruined; to go under; to fall (into hell)
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
stretching; extension; elongation
disintegration; self-destruction
to meet fortuitously; to meet by chance; to happen across
starting point; point of departure
laughing while crying; smiling through one's tears; (alternately) laughing and crying; tears and laughter; joy and sorrow
unprecedented; never seen before
artificial; man-made; imitation; synthetic
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
speculation; thinking; meditation
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
arms; weapons (of war); armor; armour
unreliable; undependable; untrustworthy; not to be counted on
touché; you've got me there
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
the principle of the thing
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
cannot allow (oneself) to live (with someone) under the canopy of heaven; cannot allow (the sworn enemy) to live in this world; irreconcilable (enemy)
to explain adequately; to be accountable