life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
total energy; all efforts
concentration (of efforts, forces, etc.); gathering together; regimentation; marshalling; mobilization
besides; in addition; also; moreover
safe; in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); all right; OK
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
suicide attack; kamikaze attack
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
verbalizing; putting into words
to cause trouble; to cause a disturbance
chaos; turmoil; pandemonium; havoc
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
long (time); longstanding; for a long time
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
and (also); both ... and; as well as
thirst for knowledge; intellectual thirst
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
worn-out; run-down; shabby; tattered; dilapidated
at first; in the beginning; originally
confined place; closing (an institution, office, clinic, etc.)
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
special characteristics; peculiarity; distinctiveness
habit; behavior; behaviour; trait
thick fog (of suspicion); black veil of secrecy; covered-up crime, unethical act, etc.
to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles
to parry; to sidestep; to dodge
several times; several degrees
scattering (in all directions)
staff with plaited paper streamers
to thrust into; to shove into; to push into; to drive into
a great variety of; diversity
appearance; figure; shape; form
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
demon; daemon (in Unix, etc.)
leopard (Panthera pardus)
hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)
elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
fierce animal; beast of prey; big game