to jump back; to leap back; to jump aside; to jump out of the way
fighting spirit; (will to) fight
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
retreat; withdrawal; retirement
personal grudge; personal enmity
victim; injured party; sufferer
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
to rant and rave; to raise hell
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)
broken; interrupted; disconnected; intermittent; fragmentary; discontinuous
somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why
bitter (taste); sour (expression, look); bitter; bitter (e.g. experience); painful
to well up; to burst; to arise
to breathe one's last; to pass away; to die; to expire
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
remainder; remnant; the rest; what is left; balance; leftovers
advice; counsel; remonstrance; recommendation
knot; tying; bundle; lumping; conclusion; ending
very small amount; insignificant thing; negligible amount
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
directly; in person; firsthand
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
(thick) scarf; muffler; muffler (for a vehicle exhaust); silencer
to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
chord name; chord symbol; code name
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted
everything; anything; nothing
complete failure; debacle; fiasco; disaster
sexual interest in young boys; boy love; prepubescent boy
removal (of a building, equipment, etc.); dismantling (e.g. a tent); striking (a stage set, camp, etc.); withdrawal (of troops); pulling out; evacuation
letting (someone) die without helping
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
to fight to the bitter end
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
oh; right; I see; OK; gotcha
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking