at full speed; (at) full tilt; headlong; impetuously; precipitately
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
to exploit a gap (in attention, security, etc.); to catch off guard
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
to miss one's footing; to be off the right track; to be on the wrong path
faint; fainting; losing consciousness
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
severe earthquake; violent tremor
bomb blast; blast (from an explosion); shock wave
running as fast as one can
to smash down; to batter down; to beat in; to destroy
soggy; soaked; crushed (out of shape); crumpled; messy; untidy
to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself
mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
hidden reserves of strength; latent energy; potentiality; real strength
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
dragon (as depicted in Western myths)
even more; still more; one step; one rung; one paragraph; one passage
to become dim; to become blurred
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
space; interval; space character; whitespace
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
to collapse; to flop (onto)
several hundred; hundreds (of)
to do (someone) a wrong; to do (someone) an ill turn; to take revenge; to resent; to bear a grudge
to brush away; to sweep aside; to repel (e.g. enemy); to drive away; to rout
movement (of one's body); moving about; stirring; acting freely; doing as one pleases
to seal (e.g. a letter); to prevent (e.g. movement); to forbid; to block (e.g. speech)
to leave a trail; to leave traces; to have a lasting effect
vitality; (one's) life force
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
my spouse; my wife; my husband
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit
to swoop down; to glide down; to fly down; to land gently (on); to alight (on)