chief; main; principal; major
respiratory tract; air duct
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
intense; violent; severe; vehement
slightest connection; slender connection; sliver (e.g. of hope); one thread
assistance; help; helper; babe; chick; broad
accomplice; conspirator; cohort
to harm; to injure; to invade; to raid; to oppose; to rise against
ray of hope; glimmer of hope
grip (of hand); grip strength
to find someone's weak spot; (lit.) to drill a hole
difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall); difference; gap
widow; divorced woman not remarried; unmarried woman
esophagus; oesophagus; gullet
hemoptysis; coughing up blood; lung hemorrhage (haemorrhage)
to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by
lungs; bottom of one's heart; vital point
to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice
gurgling down; being sucked into; caving in suddenly
to rise gradually; to rise slowly; to come up from below the stage (by being lifted up on the stage elevator)
to torture; to persecute; to excruciate
to form a complete whole; to be joined together
one's just deserts; one's just desserts; one's just reward; what one deserves; comeuppance
carefree; relaxed; comfortable; at one's ease
coward; chicken; yellow-belly; sneaky person; underhanded person; dastardly person
to be dead; to be lifeless
disappointment; despair; despondency; broken heart; adversity
having no way of knowing; being completely ignorant of
to mash; to grind; to pulverize; to dissipate (a fortune); to run through; to lose
animal; beastly; carnal; sensual; brute
wildness; wild nature; untamed nature; savage nature
ferocious; fierce; audacious; impudent; shameless
end; tip; extremities; rank and file; part of an organisation furthest from the centre
troublesome; annoying; complicated
spurt of blood; hot-bloodedness; hot blood; ardour
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
cannibalism; anthropophagism