escape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
every person; each one; everybody
cheerful; merry; sunny; bright (sky, day, etc.); fine; clear
you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
country; territory; domain; realm
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
body; physical system; (the) person
property; fortune; assets
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
taboo; day, time, direction, words, etc. that must be avoided; contraindication
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
this world; this life; world of the living
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to be in the firing line; to bear the brunt of (an attack, criticism, etc.); to face (e.g. questioning)
strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously