rumour; rumor; hearsay; report
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
brave warrior; hero; brave man
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
with a whizzing sound; with a whistling sound; sound of something whizzing by
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
coughing; hacking cough; thundering; drumming
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
way of speaking; intimation
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
(another's) daughter; young lady (esp. of respectable upbringing)
ugly; unattractive; bad-looking; unsightly; unseemly; disgraceful
to be hideously burned; to be burned raw
revival (of an old system, custom, fashion, etc.); restoration; return; resurrection; rebirth
summons; subpoena; citation; summoning (a spirit, demon, etc.); evocation; invocation
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
with one's own body; by one's own action; by one's own experience; barely (e.g. escape); narrowly
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
spirit world; underworld; other world; supernatural world; different dimension
evil spirit; demon; devil
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
as you see; as you can see; in accordance with what you see
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
honour; honor; glory; privilege
a long time ago; long ago
opposite side; opposition
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?")
one color; one kind; one tendency; being the sole mood, sentiment, focus of attention, etc.
colour; color; hue; tints
towering; astonishingly high
grace; refinement; elegance; daintiness