trio; gang of three; threesome
outsider; someone outside of a group
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
divergence; alienation; deviation; estrangement; separation; detachment
with a clink (click, clack)
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence
as; because; with; due to
dragon (as depicted in Western myths)
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
bloodsucking; sucking blood
familiar (spirit or otherwise magical creature which aids a magician or sorcerer); familiar spirit
spirit of a dead person; ghost; departed soul
while alive; during one's lifetime
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited
oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition
inheritance; succession; accession; share-alike
charm; incantation; spell; magic formula
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
-less; lacking; non-existing
just now; at this moment; at this point of time
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
probability; likelihood; chances
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
to meet the requirements; to satisfy the conditions
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat