hollow; low ground; basin; pit; dip; depression
one leap (i.e. skipping intermediate stages); one jump; one step; jumping (with both feet together)
covered in mud; mud-caked
clumsy; awkward; unskillful; incompetent; inept; bungling
high five; high touch (involvement of personal attention and service)
emergency; crisis; imminent danger; Vulnerable (conservation status); VU
capture (of enemy weapons, supplies, etc.); seizure; plunder
to be caused by; to result from; to arise from; cause; origin
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
hostile party; enemy side
to play a central role; to take a leading part
cut; cutting; omission; cutting; haircut; (continuous) shot (in a film or TV show); illustration (in a book, newspaper, etc.)
covering (a loss, deficit, etc.); making up (for); compensating (for); supplementation
leader; central personage
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
tide; tidal current; tendency; drift; trend
singularity; singular point
crucible; melting pot; melting pot (of cultures, ideas, etc.); state of ecstasy; state of fevered excitement
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
empty promise; hollow promise
(temporary) closure of school
sharp (words); harsh (manner, tone, etc.); hostile (mood, attitude, etc.); spiky; prickly; jagged
sincerely; earnestly; wholeheartedly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
(growing) quickly (esp. children, plants); (developing) quickly; fast; rapidly
pessimism; (taking a) gloomy view; discouragement; despondency; despair; disappointment
value in doing something; feeling that something is worth doing; rewarding feeling; sense of satisfaction
to fight to the bitter end
to feel that something is true or actually happening; to hit one (realization, thought); to sink in
to stop (doing something); to cease; to leave as is; to leave alone; to exclude; to except
spoils of war; booty; war trophy; something one managed to obtain or buy (at a bargain sale, merchandise stall, etc.); purchases; prizes (at an arcade, etc.)
outskirts (of a town); edge (of a town); just outside the city limits
changing (one's job, loyalties, stance, etc.); switching over; changing quarters (of a geisha, prostitute, etc.)
lived-in feel (e.g. of a room); sense of life; hints of daily life
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; lecture
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
to strip and leave clothes lying around
casualties; killed and wounded; human damage
dysfunction; malfunction; insufficiency
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competition in which there are several evenly matched participants; hotly contested game (match, market, etc.)