putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
serious wound; serious injury
never mind!; don't worry about it
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
self-indulgent; undisciplined; slovenly; debauched; negligent
careful; elaborate; scrupulous
it is not possible (to, that); there is no such thing as
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
quarantine; medical inspection
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
hygiene; sanitation; health
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
intelligence; intellect; brains
fierce animal; beast of prey; big game
second; number two; runner-up
refueling (car, plane, etc.); lubricating (a machine); oiling
concussion (of the brain)
restive horse; unmanageable person (esp. a woman); shrew; stubborn tomboy
god of death; death deity; Death
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
amplification (elec.); magnification; amplification; making larger
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
charm; incantation; spell; curse