to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
briskly with small steps; trotting
giving up on winning a hand and discarding only safe tiles
magic (illusion); conjuring; magic trick; conjuring trick; sleight of hand
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
absentmindedness; peace of mind
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
(random) guess; guesswork; shot in the dark; conjecture
sound of a flat surface repeatedly making contact with something; applying a seal or stamp again and again; pasting (paper) all over; daubing; smearing
luckily; blessedly; fortunately
case (of a machine, computer, etc.); casing; housing; enclosure; cabinet; chassis
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
conviction; belief; confidence
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
to stumble (over); to trip; to fail; to suffer a setback
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
assailant; perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard; to refuse curtly; to reject outright
to choke; to have trouble breathing
one clap; one beat; one mora (taken as a unit of time)
to be squashed by; to be pinned under
moving slowly (and dull-wittedly)
insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
crocodile; alligator; (arch.) shark
hereabouts; around there; that area
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
to be exhausted; to be worn out
long ago; already; a long time ago
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless