overly optimistic; easygoing; irresponsible; naive; simple-minded
capture; seizure; military capture of a foreign vessel; making a prize of
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
to die by drowning; to drown
all you want; as much as one wants
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
one's last moments; (on) the point of death; (on) one's deathbed
panels, planks or plating on the hull of a ship or aircraft
even if; if; though; despite; even
to one's heart's content; to one's complete satisfaction; as much as one likes; heartily; thoroughly; without restraint
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
head; hair (on one's head); leader; chief; top; tip; beginning
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
simultaneous; all at once
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
to flush out (game, etc.); to drive (animals); to beat; to urge; to spur on; to push on
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
particular; special; exceptional; particularly; especially; exceptionally
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
danger; peril; hazard; risk
wheat straw; barley straw
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
feeling one gets from listening to something
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
to own; to receive; to understand
engineer (on a train, ship, aircraft, etc.)
to throw into; to toss into
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
unwillingly; reluctantly; against one's will