counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
live decoy (for hunting); decoy; bait; lure
to give up on; to turn one's back on; to abandon; to forsake; to desert; to leave
if I had to say; if pressed (to answer); if I must choose; if I had to choose
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
to incline toward; to slant; to go down (sun, moon); to sink; to decline; to wane
to mind; to care; to worry
somewhat hard; somewhat firm; fairly hard; on the hard side
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
flexible; lithe; soft; calisthenics
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
to be squashed by; to be pinned under
one revolution; one rotation
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
this world; this life; world of the living
swallowing whole; swallowing without chewing; swallowing (a story); believing unquestioningly; accepting (a proposal, demand, etc.) unconditionally; accepting as-is
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
silence; stillness; quietness
mud; (wet) dirt; thief; Android (mobile operating system)
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
whole area; surrounding area; all around; everywhere; all over the place
heaps of corpses all around
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
the latter; the second; successor; descendant
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
the other day; a few days ago
to interlace; to fit together; to combine; to mingle
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
to bring (news, knowledge, etc.); to introduce; to bring about; to cause; to produce (e.g. results)