seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
contest of strength; trial of strength
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
congestion (with blood); hyperemia; hyperaemia
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
rather than; more ... than ...
neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
strangling (to death); strangulation
to plan; to form a plan; to scheme; to envision; to intend to do
strength in one's arms; physical strength; muscular strength; force; violence
to cause someone's death; to cause someone to die; to kill
fainting; losing consciousness; passing out; syncope
bringing; taking; carrying
hammer; hopeless swimmer; person who can't swim; someone who sinks like a stone
frontal bone (of the skull)
cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
edged tool; cutting instrument; knife
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
witnessing; observing; sighting
(very) quick; rapid; swift; speedy; prompt; expeditious
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
to cause to swell; to inflame
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
innocent look; nonchalant look; look of ignorance; air of innocence
to head home; to leave for home
wintry sky; cold weather (in winter); wintry weather
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
to grow cold; to get chilly; to cool down
to arrive home; to return
underpopulation; low population density; depopulation
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide