to fall victim (to); to get into the clutches (of)
article; news story; report; account
execution; carrying out; execution; lead monk performing various tasks in a temple
tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; demon; devil
means of making a living; source of income; bread and butter; livelihood
official announcement; proclamation
prohibition; ban; suspension; injunction
to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
physical weariness; sense of fatigue; washed-out feeling
great evil; scum of the earth; monster; fiend
megalomania; delusions of grandeur
lively; vigorous; energetic; full of (energy, appetite, curiosity, etc.); brimming with
finally; in the end; after all that; eventually; on top of all that
unsafe; insecure; careless; dangerous; incautious; imprudent
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
value; worth; virtue; blessing
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
newspaper reporter; print journalist
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
front and rear; before and after; order; sequence; consequences; context
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
to use as an intermediary; to mediate; to assist; to worry; to mind; to care
to challenge (a person) to a fight
closely contested constituency; highly competitive marketplace; (fig.) battleground
acceleration; speeding up
fat; tallow; lard; grease
stickiness; viscosity; glutinosity
slime; sliminess; mucus; viscous liquid
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to mislead; to misguide; to do accidentally; to do by mistake
execution; death by execution
subject (of a medical experiment, etc.); test subject; trial subject; examinee (of a full-body scan, etc.)
classification; categorization; sorting
single edge (e.g. sword blade); single bevel (e.g. kitchen knife)
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
to not know what to do with; to be at a loss with; to have difficulty with; to be put out