difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
to miss a chance; to miss an opportunity
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
bound hand and foot; hedged in (e.g. by restrictions); immobile
interior; inside; internal
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
sixth day of the month; six days
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
vehicle; conveyance; transport; ride (playground, fair, carnival); playground facility
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
one turn; one round; (a) size; to go around; to make a circuit; twelve years
aviation; flight; flying; to fly; to take a flight
largest class; top category
riding together; riding with
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
many; much; plenty; hardly
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
special; particular; peculiar; unique
to throw into; to toss into
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument
to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear); to tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal)
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
what percentage; what ratio; what rate; what proportion