to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
ten; 10; ten years of age
after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter
landing; alighting; touch down
fall; crash (e.g. aircraft)
to faint; to be exhausted
main force; chief object; mainline
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.)
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
technique; art; skill; move
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
health; healthy; sound; fit
to care for (the sick); to nurse; to attend (someone's deathbed)
to use up all one's strength
to shut out one's opponents; to stop the other side from scoring
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
mesh-patterned; webbed; cancellous; cancellate; reticulate; reticulated
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
to hide; to keep to oneself
to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of
spirit world; underworld; the next world
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reaping what you sow
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
some nerve (as in 'you must have some nerve to ...')
the last moment; the very end
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
interference; intervention; meddling
such ... as; or some such
to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
to attack; to assault; to assail
to have meaning; to be meaningful
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)