meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
to come to meet (someone); to come to pick up
intention; inclination; mind; idea; wish; view
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
monolith; large slab of rock; unity (of a group, organization, etc.); unanimity; solidarity
extremists; radicals; militants
power; authority; jurisdiction
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
to follow (a road, path, etc.); to trace; to follow (a clue, scent, tracks, plot, etc.); to trace (a route, history, family tree, etc.); to head towards (of a situation); to go in the direction of
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to reach mutual understanding; to understand each other
with a momentary flash of light
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
jumping to a wrong conclusion
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
is something that; is that which
even more; still more; one layer; lowest floor (of a building); rather; sooner
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
to receive punishment; to be punished; to pay a penalty
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
to impose a punishment (on); to punish
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
what little ... one has; tiny amount of; paltry
immediately; at once; instantly
to have a chill run down one's spine
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative; producing a negative from a positive
to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
shock (emotional); shock (physical); impact; crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; (circulatory) shock
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute