chance to win; opportunity to win; chance of victory
sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break
to be hot on a person's heels
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
rapid succession (e.g. questions)
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
in the ground; in the earth; underground; subterranean
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
to be tripped up; to be too drunk to stand
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
to lose a battle to win the war; to incur damage so as to inflict greater damage on a foe; (lit.) to allow one's flesh to be cut in order to sever another's bone
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
entry; going into; approach
feel (of something); touch; texture; feeling; impression
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
secret; private; surreptitious
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
fellow traveler; fellow traveller; travelling companion; taking someone along unwillingly (e.g. in death); forcing to take part
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
that's a different matter; that's a different story
ignition; detonation; triggering; explosion
explosive; blasting powder
adds emphasis to the following verb or indicates that the action is done forcefully or violently
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
earth; ground; the solid earth; the (vast) land
extinction (e.g. of a family); dying out; discontinuation; severance (e.g. of relations); rupture; breaking off
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to know a little bit about; to learn a little of
(dead) body; corpse; remains
(a place) within one's reach
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
bleeding; haemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; casualties; losses
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit