operation; functioning; running
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
corridor; hallway; passageway
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower
else; in addition; besides
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
correction; rectification; mending; repair
entry into a castle (esp. by a conquering force)
to step forward; to take a step forward
vague; obscure; vast; boundless
to step on (a nail); to run (a nail) through one's foot; to put one's foot through (the floor)
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
only; merely; but; no more than
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
preconception; preconceived notion; prejudice
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull
at once; immediately; instantly; in an instant; quickly; suddenly
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
to freeze (from fear); to be unable to (too frightened to) run
to draw (someone) close to one's breast; to pull close to one; to take into one's arms; to embrace
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
to smash down; to batter down; to beat in; to destroy
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
obedient; meek; honest; frank; straight (e.g. hair); without peculiarity
to be caught in a trap (snare, etc.); to fall for (a trick, ambush, etc.)
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
much less; to say nothing of
reality; actuality; hard fact
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
shivering; trembling; shuddering; shaking
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
joint; seam; joining point
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect