inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation
deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority
reconciliation; peace; rapprochement
there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other
to devote all one's energies; to give one's everything; to put in all one's effort
remaining strength; surplus energy; reserve power; money to spare
to compete; to vie; to make fight against another (person, animal); to pit against; to debate; to argue
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
open seam; seam that has come apart; tear
while crying; tearfully; in tears
to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues
spell (that restricts one's movements); binding spell
lifespan; life; lifetime; life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.); service life; end of an object's (useful) life
to be transparent; to show through
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
to walk heavily and clumsily; to lumber
to shake one's head (in denial)
complete stranger; total stranger
to be pregnant; to be with child
change; alternation; rotation; replacement; substitution; shift
pleasant sleep; good sleep; sleeping well
sake brewery; wine cellar; bar; bar-room
sign; indication; omen; symptom
to feel a chill run down one's spine
to thin out (plants, seedlings, crops, etc.); to cull; to run on a curtailed schedule; to cut down; to kill a newborn child (due to financial difficulties)
dropout; straggler; outcast; failure
to work; to labor; to labour; to put to work; to make (someone) work
last days; the end; one's fate
covert action; covert operations
thicket; bush; coppice; brushwood
unopened; with an unbroken seal
plastic bottle (made of polyethylene terephthalate); PET bottle
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
to enlist as a supporter; to win over to one's side; to gain as one's ally
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
one's principles and position