slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity); to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)
to crumble away; to collapse
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
inner circumference; internal circumference
castle wall; town walls; defensive wall; rampart
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
durability; persistence; stamina; endurance; staying power
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
succeeding; following; trailing; next
chaos; turmoil; pandemonium; havoc
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
captain; commander; commanding officer; leader
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; expectation; anticipation
ceasing to think; refusing to think critically; giving up thinking (for oneself); going blank; mental block; inability to think clearly
reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution
paper-thin (difference); razor-thin; very slight
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
to cry; to shed tears; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly
human speech; human language; sound of people talking
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
intelligence; intellect; brains
neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
end of life; death; breathing one's last
order; directive; instructions; command
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved