to be hesitant; to feel timid
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
to betray; to turn traitor (to); to double-cross; to disappoint; to let down
infancy; childhood; tender age
(nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive; proper place to die; dilemma; predicament
to survive; to continue living; to escape death
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
swing and a miss; (punching and) failing to make contact; (ending in) failure; fruitless effort
posture; position; stance
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to cut off (someone's head); to behead; to decapitate
to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
both hands; both arms; ten
ground; earth's surface; land; lot; plot
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with someone)
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
order (for goods or services); order (sequence); order (of magnitude); order
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
to not take seriously; to take lightly
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
spreading; disseminating; scattering; diffusion (of light, gas)
mercy; compassion; clemency; rufous hawk-cuckoo; northern hawk-cuckoo
firing (esp. a rocket or missile); launching; shooting; ejaculation