last spurt; final spurt; home stretch
to row (a boat) to (a pier, shore, etc.); to reach (a goal after considerable effort); to arrive at; to (finally) manage to do
languid; weary; listless; melancholy
to meet up (as arranged); to rendezvous; to get together; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
to eat (fodder, grass, etc.); to receive (a salary); to receive a stipend from one's lord
play-biting (e.g. by pets); mouthing; nipping
to bite; to sink one's teeth into; to nip
to get goosebumps; to have one's hair stand on end; to shudder
to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop
with a start; with a jump
talking in delirium; delirious talk; delirious utterances; nonsense; rubbish; silly talk
(after) bouncing around from one place to the next
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
direct descent; direct line
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
rendezvous; tryst; (lover's) meeting; (secret) date
delivery; transfer; hand-over
out of character; unlike one
to swell up (by soaking in or absorbing a liquid); to become soft; to become soggy; to become lazy; to become indolent; to become slack
not limited to; not just ...
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to wrinkle up (e.g. one's eyebrows, nose, etc.); to furrow; to crimple
to leave it as is; to leave it at that; to let it be; to stop with something
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
inevitable; unavoidable; certain; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
to claim victims; to leave casualties
heavy heartbeat; thumping; pounding
to be out of breath; to breathe hard (e.g. during physical activity); to pant
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to burst (open); to break; to split
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
to wind (of a road, river, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell