to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
out of necessity; with no other option; perforce; unavoidably; reluctantly; unwillingly
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
to divide; to separate; to share; to distribute; to distinguish
third day of the month; three days
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
going around; patrol; round; tour
master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee
tedious; boring; being fed up with
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
originally; by nature; from the start
and yet; though; when; in spite of
prohibition; ban; embargo
tissue paper; toilet paper
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to trade in (commercial goods); to deal in; to sell
minimum; at the very least
morality; moral principles
dilettante; person of fantastic taste
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
transactions; dealings; business
to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
to threaten; to make threats
with a bang bang (sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace (spend money, work); with great vigor
threat; intimidation; menace
daring; brave; bold; valiant; intrepid; dauntless
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
to dispatch (someone); to send; to make go fast (a car, horse, etc.); to drive; to move quickly (one's pen, eyes, etc.); to run (one's eyes over something)
to collapse into; to flop onto
pasture; grassland; meadow
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line