losing one's fighting spirit; losing the will to fight; losing heart
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
lightly; gaping wide; suddenly; unexpectedly
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie
right in the midst of; right at the height of
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
way of asking; way of listening; listener
ornament; decoration; figurehead; leader without real power
to remember; to keep in mind
sleeping in late; oversleeping; late riser; sleepyhead
having no idea; having no clue
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
to be in danger of; to be liable to
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
God only knows; it's anyone's call; heaven knows
one-eyed; first (in a series); initial
commencing with; including
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
according to plan; as planned; on target
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
compassionate; merciful; benevolent; charitable; humane
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
to say goodbye; to bid farewell
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
to be dazzled by; to be dizzied by; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.); (arch.) to become dark
to burst open; to pop; to split
to have no chance (of succeeding)
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
waterfall; cataract; cascade