(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
metabolism; renewal; regeneration; replacing the old with the new
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
bargain sale; selling cheaply; selling at a low price; giving out (too) readily; handing out freely; selling (oneself) short
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (someone)
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
fast-talking; rapid talking
moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable
freezing (e.g. water); freezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.); moratorium; suspension (e.g. investment)
reopening; resumption; restarting
vomiting blood; hematemesis
to the limit; to the fullest extent; absolutely the limit; one cup after another; cup by cup
one cup (of); one glass (of); one drink (of alcohol); full; filled (with); fully; to capacity
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
unable to put up any resistance; unable to put up a fight; not standing a chance (against)
self-centeredness; selfishness; egotism; egocentricity
heroic; fierce; grand; sublime; magnificent
impermanence; mutable; uncertain; ever-changing
gap; narrow space between things; valley; gorge; loophole (in a castle wall); arrow slit
to whiten; to grow light (esp. at dawn); to cool (of a mood); to be dampened (of enthusiasm); (arch.) to decline; (arch.) to weaken; (arch.) to lose its tone (of a musical instrument)
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
to live through hell; to go to hell and back; to suffer dire straits
locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; feeling of hopelessness; being in a bind
feeling of disappointment; sense of dismay
to curb; to halt; to apply brakes; to put an end to
to be nearing death; to be dying
to be smeared; to be covered
deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair); grip (e.g. of death)
to carry over (an issue, decision, work, etc.); to carry forward; to put off; to postpone; to defer
(for the) first time in one's life
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation
to be proud; to be haughty; to be arrogant; to be conceited; to brag; to show off
to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended
(incoming) attack; raid; invasion; assault