critical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation
harvest; crop; fruits (of one's labors); gain; catch (fishing); bag (hunting)
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
to wake; to wake up; to wear off (of drunkenness, anaesthesia, etc.); to regain consciousness; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
to become stronger; to grow in intensity; to grow violent; to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to bring into solution; to lose (money; through gambling, etc.); to squander
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to crack; to get cracked; to develop a crack; to develop a fissure
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation; beheading; decapitation
to bestow (esp. of a god); to grant
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to shoot through (a wall, the heart, etc.); to go through; to pierce; to hit (e.g. the bull's-eye)
remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique; go-getter; resourceful person; wizard
archer; bowman; shooter; gunner
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
dull sound; muffled sound
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
then; well; so; well then
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
to trample; to crush underfoot
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
laborious; arduous; strenuous; painstaking; trying; taxing
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
flapping; rattling; (running) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) one after another; in quick succession; busily
end of life; death; breathing one's last
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
to have a hard time of it
stress relief; stress release; blowing off steam
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case