natural voice (without a microphone)
megaphone; bullhorn; loudhailer
unreasonably stubborn; not knowing when to give up
to quieten down; to fall silent; to cease activities; to become inactive; to lie low
to approach (one's) death; to face (one's) death
overlapping; piling; stacking
remains; dregs; vestiges; remnant; residue
shoulder pad; shoulder reinforcement; epaulet; cloak worn in bed
breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough
duplicate key; master key; passkey; skeleton key
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; neglecting (e.g. one's studies); leaving unattended
particular; special; (not) particularly; (not) especially
to have a reason; to have an excuse
to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of
subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive
to loiter around; to wander about
external injury; external wound; (physical) trauma
noisy; confused; uproarious
entirely; completely; all; nothing but
length of a blade; walking barefoot on the edge of a sword blade (acrobatic stunt)
one's face turning pale (ashen); the color being drained from one's face
idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely
right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon
reputation; respectability
hegemony; leadership; initiative
to scramble for; to struggle for; to contend for; to fight for
dual personality; split personality
last stand; last bastion; last stronghold; last frontier
to become like a different person; to have a change in personality
to flash before one's eyes (of memories, etc.)
to badger; to pester; to beg
not hard to ... (in certain circumstances, it would be possible)
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
sense of loss; feeling of loss
to eat oneself out of house and home; to eat up completely
unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless
dark purple; bluish purple
shooting; firing; emitting; ejection; projection; injection