overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
in bad shape; not doing well; not going well; out of condition; in poor form
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
eruption; volcanic eruption
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
crater; caldera; burner (e.g. on a furnace)
cunning deed; sly trick; foul play; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat
fall; tumble; spill; degradation; comedown; demotion
to die on the battlefield
to be discouraged; to shrink from
adverse circumstances; adversity
to whine; to make feeble complaints
muddy water; red-light district
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive
looking someone in the eyes; taking a straight look at something
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
undeserved good luck; luck of the devil; dumb luck; bad luck
partly burned charcoal; (arch.) servant boy at a brothel or teahouse
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
with a swoosh; at one fell swoop
ceremony performed by a sorcerer to protect a noble setting out on a trip; walking in large steps; walking with a disabled leg; someone with a disabled leg
going feral (of a species); reverting to wild; escape
to devour greedily; to wolf down; to gobble up
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable