to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
danger; peril; hazard; risk
no, not like that (but like this)
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
it's been a long time; long time no see
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
cease-fire; truce; armistice
bow (and arrow); unit of distance to an archery target (approx. six feet); unit of distance for land surveying (approx. eight feet)
river; stream; River; the ... river
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.)
taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven
indigenous people; native people; aborigines
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
reigning; controlling; dictating
plain; plateau; tableland
sound of the wind; voice of the wind
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
to care for someone; to look after someone
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
genuine article; real thing; real deal
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
to exert oneself and win; to gain (victory)
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
moral support; emotional support; spiritual support
to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen