slave traffic; slave dealer
courtesy call; courtesy visit
to torment; to harass; to tease; to extort; to shake down; to demand money
dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre
time of death; one's final hour; one's end
to be attacked by a disease
to succeed to someone's post; to take someone's place; to take over someone's position; to step into someone's shoes
every one (of them); (one and) all; without exception; to a man; to the last person
challenging; defiant; provocative; aggressive
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
recovery; regaining; getting back; retrieval; restoration; revival
win or lose; sink or swim; make or break; all or nothing
to be the worst of the worst; (lit.) to deserve to die ten thousand deaths
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
dying in vain; wasteful sacrifice of life
subsidence; sinking; fall (of a city, fortress, etc.); surrender; fall (in position, rank, etc.); demotion
to hesitate to say; to hem and haw; to falter in one's speech; to be stuck for a word; to mumble
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
seal of blood; sealing with one's blood
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
to row (a boat) to (a pier, shore, etc.); to reach (a goal after considerable effort); to arrive at; to (finally) manage to do
belongings; appendage; accessory
to empty; to vacate; to evacuate
to move (house); to change residence
in a ward; within the ward; within the zone; within the district
to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.); to reach a conclusion; to conclude a discussion
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; contraction; atrophy
sentencing; pronouncement of a verdict; passing of sentence; declaration (of a diagnosis, bankruptcy, decision, etc.); announcement; pronouncement
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
reveal of how a trick is done; disclosure of a secret (cause, source, etc.); exposure; explanation
to speculate; to make an educated guess; to gamble (e.g. on getting the right questions)
at any rate; in any case; anyway; anyhow
hook; hook bracket (Japanese quotation mark)
to get poised again for charging; to toe the mark again; to start from scratch; to get a fresh start (on)
extremely angry; furious; fiercely (shine); blazingly; merrily (burn away); red-hot
bluff; false show of power; bold front