to coagulate; to congeal; to be fanatical (about); to be obsessed (with); to stiffen; to become stiff
unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that
from the start; from the beginning; from the outset
characteristic; feature; special quality
for use by adults; for adults
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
to smoke (e.g. fire); to billow smoke; to smoulder; to be hazy; to look dim
tolerance; broad-mindedness
sobering up; method of sobering up
plan; project; attempt; plot; scheme; undertaking
attendance; accompanying; following; adjoint
each; respectively; individually; separately
to resort to violence; to perform a drastic act
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
every person; every mouth; every entrance
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
to say goodbye; to bid farewell
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
spiderweb; spider web; spider's web; cobweb
speculation; thinking; meditation
to be broken into pieces; to be in a jumble; to be in disarray; to be thrown into turmoil
to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of
ambush; troops in ambush; unexpected opposition; unexpected obstacle
great mountain; large mountain
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
port city; harbor city; harbour city
(starting) from nothing; from scratch
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
to strain (one's ears, eyes); to prick up (one's ears)
shivering with cold or fear
to creep up to; to approach stealthily; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
offensive camp; team at bat
to part (from); to part company (with); to split (with); to break off relations (with)
without cause; without reason
revolution; rotation; turn; turning; handspring (gymnastics); inversion