tiger's den; jaws of death; dangerous place
to escape from; to get out
sense of relief; feeling of relief
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
to make (someone) drink; to force to drink; to serve (alcohol); to treat someone (to drinks); to be drinkable (esp. of alcohol); to be palatable
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise
navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre
to throw into; to toss into; to throw-in; to play a throw-in
to tear off; to pluck off; to take forcibly
chastity; virtue; fidelity
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
something like ...; something called ...
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
back-to-back; facing in opposite directions; two sides of the same coin; inextricably linked (esp. with something dangerous or undesirable); on bad terms; at odds
rolling (something) up by spinning it around; coiling
question; inquiry; enquiry
clumsiness; awkwardness; ineptitude
confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
bashful; shameful; ashamed
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to shed light; to cast light
glow of a firefly; nearly extinguished fire; embers
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
completely; entirely; all; in large amounts; a lot
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to shoot through (a wall, the heart, etc.); to go through; to pierce; to hit (e.g. the bull's-eye)
to hesitate to say; to hem and haw; to falter in one's speech; to be stuck for a word; to mumble
if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if not ...; unless ...; have to ...; must ...
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable
cleavage (between breasts)
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to cut (someone) down
to be able to manage somehow or other