arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to stop talking; to be silent
silence; keeping silent; giving no notice; giving no warning; wordless pantomime performed in the dark (in kabuki)
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much
not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work
on the way back; returning
for dear life; barely escaping alive
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
plentiful; abundant; definitely extant
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement
pretending not to know; feigning ignorance
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
shady; underhanded; questionable
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
to change completely; to change suddenly
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly
to make good one's escape; to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
flight from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
instability; insecurity; crankiness
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
incitement; sedition; agitation; abetting
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
if there is a chance; if possible; if circumstances permit; if things go well; if luck is on my side
one way or the other; either way
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end