casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to imagine; to guess; to infer
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
half the body; half length
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
snake; serpent; large snake
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
finally; after great pains; at last; just barely
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
along (wall, coast, river, etc.); alongside; following
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
cracking; splitting; ripping; crashing; creaking; groaning
to break (by kicking); to kick down (e.g. a door); to kick open; to smash through (e.g. the enemy); to rout
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out
tear; rip; breach; spoilage; waste; wastepaper
wardrobe (esp. for Western clothes); chest of drawers; clothespress; dresser; tallboy
to become conscious; to recover one's senses; to snap out of it
such ... as; or some such
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
plan; trick; plot; stratagem; scheme; trap
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
millet or rice cake, roasted and hardened with starch syrup and sugar (sometimes including peanuts, etc.)
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
broken; intermittent; disconnected
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
to stand firm; to hold out
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
news; word; tidings; omen
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning