dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided
information; news; report; reward; retribution
to jump over; to clear; to walk over (someone)
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
hold; catch; connection; relationship; unease; discomfort
to face on; to look out on to
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
preparatory phase; preparatory period
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
to bury; to embed; to implant
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series
husband and wife; married couple
being startled; getting a shock
to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
subordinate; underling; henchman; minion
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
way out; means to escape; escape route
fixed fitting (esp. window)
to break (by kicking); to kick down (e.g. a door); to kick open; to smash through (e.g. the enemy); to rout
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
to discuss; to talk together
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to stand on end; to bristle up; to be ruffled
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision