to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to go along; to walk along; to follow
thicket; coppice; brushwood
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
intensiveness; collecting; summarizing; putting together
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
to consult somebody; to talk something over
retention; maintenance; preservation
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
axis; pivot; central figure; key man
plainly; clearly; vividly
a large number; all sorts; hundreds and thousands
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
under one's eyes; below one's eyes
in comparison with; when compared with; according to; in light of; in view of
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
taking a long time; slowness; sluggishness; lack of firmness; looseness; slovenliness
green grass; young (fresh) grass
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
still (continuing); as ever; further
to project; to stick out; to stand out
master; expert; expert board game player (chess, go, shogi, etc.)
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
front; frontage; facade; main
ridgeline; lines of a mountain ridge
backlight (in photography, etc.); illumination (of the subject) from behind
here and there; in places
spots; speckles; mottles; speckled; spotted
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
counter for doses of medicine, etc.
dew; tears; (not) a bit; (not) at all
purpose for which money is spent; the way money is spent; how goods are used
filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right