flinchingly; falteringly; being overwhelmed; staggeringly; totteringly; unsteadily
to make a fresh start; to turn over a new leaf; to call again; to visit again; to come again
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
ultimate; final; last; eventual
calamity; misfortune; disaster
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
reasons; circumstances; significance; hindrance; obstruction; interference
anger; offence; offense; rage; taking offense; taking offence
frequent; continual; constant; great; intense; strong
swan (Cygnus spp.); white-feathered bird
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
fixed date; appointed day
soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
connivance; tacit consent; toleration; acquiescence
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
sorry; apologetic; remorseful
to act timid (about doing); to show diffidence; to feel ashamed; to feel guilty
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
gentlemen; men; the men's (sign on toilet, bathroom, etc. doors)
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
(not) altogether; (not) wholly
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to throw away; to abandon; to give up; to relinquish; to lay down (one's life)
main question; real issue at hand
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish